MR. J. W. WILSON (Worcestershire, N.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he 1350 is prepared to bring in a Bill giving effect to that part of the Departmental Committee's Report which advises the annual issue of a metal disc, to be worn by the dog when licensed, with a view to reducing the number of stray dogs, and thus avoiding, as in many foreign countries, the necessity for muzzling orders; and whether it may be possible for such legislation to be pressed forward with a view to taking effect as soon as the present muzzling orders can be relaxed?
§ *THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRIC ULTURE (Mr. WALTER LONG,) Liverpool, West DerbyA Bill for the purpose of giving effect to those recommendations of the Departmental Committee which cannot be carried out without further legislation is now in course of preparation, and will, I hope, be introduced very shortly. Whether it will be possible for it to be passed into law this Session must depend upon circumstances over which I have no control, but I do not anticipate that any great difference of opinion will arise with regard to its proposals.