§ MR. BOLANDI beg to ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, whether the regulations affecting the importation of pigs from Ireland into Great Britain were made under the Diseases of Animals Acts; and, if so, under what statutory authority the Secretary or any one of the Assistant-Secretaries acting alone, makes Orders under these Acts.
§ SIR EDWARD STRACHEYThe Orders to which the hon. Member refers were made under the Diseases of Animals Acts. All Orders under those Acts are made under the seal of the Board, which is authenticated by the Secretary or an Assistant-Secretary of the Board, in accordance with the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Acts, 1889 and 1903.
§ MR. BOLANDWho makes and issues these Orders? The Board has no existence apparently, for it never meets.
§ SIR EDWARD STRACHEYThe orders are issued under statutory authority.