§ MR. SCOTT-MONTAGU (Hampshire, New Forest)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that last week several dead green plovers were being offered for sale in Leadenhall Market at the same time as their eggs; and whether, in view of the provisions of the Wild Birds Pro-te3tion Acts, he will inquire into the matter.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Akers-Douglas.) I have caused special inquiry to be made, and am informed that there is no evidence of any plover recently killed in England having been sold in Leadenhall Market, and that the plovers which are being sold there are frozen.