§ MR. SAMUEL ROBERTS (Sheffield, Ecclesall)I beg to ask the President, of the Board of Agriculture whether, having regard to the position of the meat trade owing to scarcity and dearness of meat, lie is now in a position to say when the restrictions on the importation of South American cattle will be removed.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. HANBURY, Preston)The removal of the restrictions must mainly depend upon the action taken by the Argentine Government to prevent the introduction of disease into that country, and so secure a steady trade between them and us in live cattle for slaughter at the ports.
†See page 1147.20 Communications are passing between the two Governments on this point. I may remind my hon, friend that the imports of dead meat have very largely increased.