§ MR. WARNER (Stafford, Lichfield)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury if he proposes to introduce any Bill for appointing Government inspectors to inspect and condemn cattle afflicted with tuberculosis, as uniform action all over the country is most desirable on this subject, and as one private Bill has been introduced by a corporation to give its own inspectors these powers outside the municipal boundaries?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTUREIt is not the intention of the Government to appoint inspectors for the purpose suggested by the honourable Gentleman, and as far as the legislation to which he referred is concerned, by which I presume he means private Bill legislation, of course those Bills come before the committees upstairs, and it is impossible to say what powers Parliament would grant to local authorities.
§ MR. PINKERTON (Galway)Is it not a fact that at the present moment Irish cattle are entirely free from this disease?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTUREI am afraid it is impossible to answer that question.