§ MR. BUCHANAN (Perthshire, E.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he will postpone beyond 1st June the operation within the scheduled area in Scotland of the Sheep Scab (Regulation of Movement) Order until the local authorities within the area submit to him proposals which they believe will be effective for the prevention of the disease.
§ *MR. AILWYN FELLOWESAs will be seen from a communication which I sent to the Press yesterday, I have agreed, in response to the request of a deputation of Scottish flockmasters which waited on me on Saturday last, to postpone the operation of the Order in question until after the 30th of June, in order to allow time for the elaboration of a scheme to secure the compulsory dipping of all sheep within the scheduled area under conditions such as would justify me in contemplating the removal of the restrictions on the movement of sheep which are imposed by the Order referred to in the hon. Member's Question.