MR. FIELDI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Government will appoint a Commission to inquire into and report upon the best methods of improving the breeds of cattle, sheep, and pigs in Ireland, and also of improving and cheapening the transit of live stock by land and sea?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURAs at present advised, the Government do not see any necessity for appointing a Commission for the purposes stated in the hon. Member's Question. With regard to the transit of live stock, I would remind the hon. Member that the matter formed the subject of inquiry by a Departmental Committee appointed in 1894 by the Board of Agriculture, and that Orders have since been made both in this country and in Ireland, giving effect of the recommendations of the Committee.