§ MR. REESI beg to ask the hon. Member for Mid. Derbyshire, as Chairman of the Kitchen Committee, whether he will consider the propriety of substituting Welsh mutton for Canterbury lamb.
§ SIR. J. A. JACOBY (Derbyshire, Mid.)In reply to the hon. Member, I am not prepared to substitute Welsh mutton for Canterbury lamb. I am informed that Welsh mutton is on sale in the London Market between the months of October and March, when I shall be pleased to have it supplied to Members.
§ *MR. REESIs the hon. Member aware that he somewhat exaggerates, indeed immensely magnifies, the merits of the Colonial animal by describing as Canterbury lamb what might be more properly called New Zealand mutton?
§ MR. A. DEWAR (Edinburgh, S.)Is the hon. Gentleman aware that Scottish black-faced mutton is the best mutton on the market?
§ MR. WEIRWill the hon. Gentleman consider the expediency of obtaining mutton from the West Highlands?
§ MR. O'SHAUGHNESSY (Limerick, W.)Will the hon. Gentleman see that Irish mutton is supplied? It is the best mutton of all.
§ SIR J. A. JACOBYAll these suggestions of hon. Gentlemen shall have the best attention.