HC Deb 30 April 1896 vol 40 cc204-5
MR. J. MALCOLM (Suffolk, Stowmarket)

I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture, if he will state to the House what amount, in the financial year ending 31st March 1896, was paid out of the Local Taxation Account to the Cattle Pleuro-pneumonia Account for Great Britain, and what proportion of the amount so paid was paid in respect of pleuro-pneumonia, and what proportion in respect of swine fever?

* THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. WALTER LONG,) Liverpool, West Derby

The amount paid out of the Local Taxation Account to the Cattle Pleuro-pneumonia Account for Great Britain in the financial year 1895–96 was £165,000, and it was so paid in respect of swine fever only.