§ MR. DALYI beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he is aware that the regulation of immediate slaughter of pigs exported from Ireland to Great Britain prevents English and Scotch people from keeping Irish-bred pigs for fattening purposes, and causes great loss to pig rearers in Ireland; and whether he will advise the discontinuance of the regulation referred to in the future?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. W. H. LONG,) Liverpool, West DerbyNo regulation has been made by the Board of Agriculture which would require the immediate slaughter of Irish pigs imported from Ireland into Great Britain. It is possible, however, that such a regulation may have been made by a local authority for the protection of the swine in its district, and, if so, it would be obviously very difficult for me to intervene. Perhaps the honourable Member may be able to supply me with more precise particulars of any case in which difficulty has arisen, so that I may be in a position to make further inquiry respecting it.