§ MR. FIELD (Dublin, St. Patrick)To ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he can state what 291 was the total cost of the Report of the Royal Commission on Bovine Tuberculosis; whether the fact has come under his notice that the flesh of a tuberculous bull, slaughtered by order of the Argentine Republic, was publicly partaken of by a number of gentlemen deeply interested in live stock; whether he is aware that no ill effects followed as the result of the consumption of this tuberculous meat; and whether he will make inquiry into this matter through the Argentine Government.
§ (Answered by Mr. John Burns.) I understand that the cost of the recent Report of the Royal Commission was £136 15s. 11d.This is exclusive of the cost of the Appendix, which has not at present been issued. I have not received any information as to the matter mentioned in the latter part of the Question, except that contained in a newspaper cutting which my hon. friend was good enough to send me but I am advised that it would be unsafe to draw any general inference from a single meal such as that referred to.