HC Deb 10 March 1898 vol 54 cc1222-3
MR. BROOKE ROBINSON (Dudley)

I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture Whether the Board of Agriculture can now say how much longer the muzzling order is likely to continue in force in the counties of Worcester, Warwick, and Stafford; and whether he is aware that resolutions asking for the withdrawal of the order have been passed by the county councils of all these counties?

THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. W. H. LONG,) Liverpool, West Derby

It is not possible for me as yet to fix any date for the withdrawal of the muzzling orders in force in the counties named, but my hon. Friend may be sure that I shill be glad to take this step at the earliest possible moment at which I can do so without endangering the success of our operations for the extirpation of rabies. The reply to the second inquiry is in the affirmative.