§ MR. CHANNING (Northamptonshire, E.)To ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture whether the Board has received and considered 836 an application from the Northampton Town and County Master Butchers' Association, praying the Board, in view of the present restrictions on purchase of pigs for use in Northampton from other markets in Northamptonshire and adjoining counties, to so amend the Swine Fever Order as to grant a slaughtering licence available from these outside markets to the licensed slaughter-houses in Northampton; and whether the prayer of this petition will be granted by the Board.
(Answered by Sir Edward Strachey.) We have been in communication with the Northampton Butchers' Association on this matter. The Order requires no amendment to meet the difficulties referred to, which have arisen owing to a misapprehension of its effect. The matter has now been explained to the association and to the local authority, and I do not anticipate any further complaint.