§ MR. BUCHANANI beg to ask the hon. Member for North Huntingdonshire, as representing the Board of Agriculture, whether he can now state whether a reply has been sent by the Government to the recent despatch of the Dominion Government on the exclusion of Canadian cattle; and whether, in view of the importance of the subject and the official statement just issued by the Agent-General for the Dominion, lie will lay the correspondence upon the Table of the House.
§ MR. AILWYN FELLOWES (Huntingdonshire, Ramsey)Perhaps the hon. Member will allow me to refer him to the written Answers which were given to the similar Questions addressed to me by the hon. Member for Dundee on Monday last,† with a copy of which I shall be glad to supply him. In the opinion of my noble friend the Papers are not of sufficient importance to justify their being laid upon the Table of the House, but I shall be glad to show them to the hon. Member that he may assure himself that they contain nothing which has not already appeared in the Press.
§ MR. BUCHANANIs the hon. Gentleman aware that this misunderstanding on the part of the Canadian Government was due to a speech delivered by the President of the Board of Agriculture,
† See page 591.899 and is it not right that their disclaimer as well as the letter of the President of the Board should be published?
§ MR. AILWYN FELLOWESIt is perfectly true it has arisen from some misunderstanding, and I will consult the President and see if he is willing the Papers should be laid.
§ MR. KILBRIDE (Kildare, S.)Will the hon. Gentleman give an undertaking that Canadian cattle shall be kept out for the next seventy years.
§ [No Answer was returned.]