§ MR. MORRELL (Oxfordshire, Woodstock)To ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he has information to what extent this season tuberculosis is found in fowls; and will he cause inquiry to be made and information laid before the Commission on Tuberculosis with a view to ascertaining whether that disease bears relation, to that found in man, and may be communicated to man in foods.
(Answered by Mr. Ailwyn Fellowes.) We have no information to show that the disease in question is specially prevalent amongst poultry this season, but I will bring the suggestion of my hon. friend under the notice of the Royal Commission. I may add that we have prepared and issued a leaflet on the subject, with copies of which I shall be glad to supply him.