§ MR. WATTI beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland if he will exercise the power contained in Section 8 of The Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1897, by appointing a commissioner with practical experience in meat inspection, preferably a veterinary surgeon, in connection with the inquiry at present being conducted by Dr. Dittmar into the methods of meat inspection practised by the officers of the different local authorities.
§ THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Mr. SINCLAIR,) ForfarshireThe Board do not consider it necessary to associate another commissioner with Dr. Dittmar, whose inquiry will shortly be completed.