§ MR. STEPHENS (Middlesex, Hornsey)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he has observed, from the memorandum included in the Report of the Delegates of Her Majesty's Government on the International Congress on Tuberculosis, that goats are stated to be refractory to tuberculosis infection; whether he is aware that, owing to difficulties connected with the supply of milk by farmers, the rural poor are in the main dependent upon goats for their milk I supply; and whether he is disposed to recognise the importance of the production and use of goats' milk in the arrangements and regulations of the Board of Agriculture.
§ * THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. LONG,) Liver-1546 pool, West Derby I have seen the memorandum to which my hon. friend refers, and although I could not associate myself with so strong a statement of the position in regard to the supply of goat's milk as that contained in the second paragraph of his question, I shall always be happy to do anything in my power to promote its production, consistently with my statutory obligations under the Diseases of Animals Acts.