§ MR. J. LLOYD MORGAN (Carmarthen, W.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he is aware that one of the largest and best attended monthly fairs in the county of Carmarthen—namehy, the one held at St. Clears—is about to be suspended owing to the local authorities having no power to carry out an order of the Board of Agriculture in regard to market places; whether neither the Carmarthenshire County Council, nor the rural district council in which St. Clears is situate, have any power to borrow or expend the money necessary for the purpose of making the improvements required by the Department; and whether, owing 960 to the great difficulty of carrying out the order so far as St. Clears is concerned, he will consider the question of rescinding it; and, if not, whether he will grant an extension of time before the order comes into force, so as to prevent serious injury to the prosperity of this agricultural district?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. W. H. LONG,) Liverpool, West DerbyOwing to the unsatisfactory condition of the market at St. Clears from a sanitary point of view, it became necessary to issue a closing order. The operation of the order has been postponed from time to time on receipt of assurances that the necessary work would be put in hand. I have heard nothing as yet of the difficulties to which the hon. Member refers, and I shall be glad to consider any further representations which the local authority may wish to make on the subject.