§ MR. SCHWANN () Manchester, N.I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture, whether he is continuing his negotiations with the Argentine Minister in this country with the view of opening the slaughtering ports of this country to the importation of live cattle for slaughter from the River Plate, and of opening Argentine ports to the importation of British breeding stock; and, if so, whether he can say when he expects to bring the negotiations to a conclusion, in view of the present prices of meat.
§ MR. HANBURYThe representatives of the Argentine Government are now, I think, fully aware of my views as to the measures which should be taken in order to afford further security against the introduction of foot-and-mouth disease into Argentina and importation of diseased animals therefrom. It therefore rests with that Government to take the necessary steps to carry those views into effect if they consider it desirable to do so.