§ MR. FIELDI beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he has received a letter from the Glasgow Fleshers Trade Association, consisting of 1,200 members of wholesale and retail meat traders, cattle salesmen, and farmers, supporting the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the communicability of tuberculosis from animals to man; and whether the Government have yet determined upon the appointment of such a Commission.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. WALTER LONG, Bristol, S.)Perhaps I may be allowed to answer this question. I have received the letter referred to by the hon. Member. The apointment of a Royal Commission is still under the consideration of the Government.