MR. LLOYD MORGAN (Carmarthenshire, W.)To ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he is now in a position to state when he hopes to be able to withdraw the Muzzling Order which is in force in the County of Carmarthen.
(Answered by Mr. Hanbury.) The position of Carmarthenshire in regard to rabies 799 is much more satisfactory than it was, no case of the disease having been reported since the 6th May last. I hope, therefore, that it may be possible for me, if no further outbreak occurs, to withdraw the Order at no very distant date; but as the hon. Member himself pointed out in Committee of Supply, Muzzling Orders have not hitherto been attended with the same success in this county as elsewhere, such Orders having had to be re-imposed on three separate occasions, shortly after their withdrawal. I am very anxious to take every precaution to avoid a similar occurrence on the present occasion, and to be quite satisfied that the Orders have done their work.