§ MR. WATT (Glasgow, College)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if he is aware that in the United States of America pig carcases intended for export and which, on post mortem examination, are found to be affected with tuberculosis, are adjudicated by the inspectors by a much more lax standard than that recommended by the Royal Commission on Tuberculosis 1898, whose findings have been issued by his Department for the guidance of Home inspectors; and will he take the necessary steps to ensure that all pig carcases slaughtered at home, or abroad if brought to this country, are examined in accordance with the requirements contained in the recommendations of the said Royal Commission.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSI am aware that the carcases of pigs intended for export from the United States are not dealt with on the standard recommended by the Royal Commission of 1898. I do not think that pending the Report of the Royal Commission on Tuberculosis which, is now sitting, I could take action of the kind contemplated in the last part of the Question.