HC Deb 11 August 1904 vol 140 cc247-8
MR. TULLY

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ire- land whether the attention of the Local Government Board has been drawn to the complaints made in Belfast that the Market Committee of the Belfast Corporation exact a levy, varying from £60 to £100 a year, for the fat extracted from the carcases of the animals seized by the meat inspectors, while no compensation is paid to the owners of the condemned animals; and what steps the Local Government Board propose to take to put an end to this practice.

MR. WYNDHAM

The Hon. Member has been misinformed. The market committee do not exact and never have received any payment such as mentioned.