§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDYI beg to ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, whether he is aware that the export of bacon from Denmark to the United Kingdom in 1905 was some 264,000 cts. less than in 1904; is the decrease to be attributed to a certain disease in the joints and consequent restrictions; will he say what amount of fresh bacon was exported from Denmark through private firms in 1905; and whether these exports consisted of infected pigs.
§ SIR EDWARD STRACHEYThe decrease in the export of bacon from Denmark to the United Kingdom in 1905, as compared with 1904, is approximately as stated in the Question. Steps were taken by the Danish Government to prevent the export of bacon from pigs suffering from rickets in February, 1905, but I am unable to state whether the decreased exportation is attributable to this fact, nor have we any information as to the amount or quality of the bacon exported from Denmark through private firms in 1905.