§ MR. BOLANDI beg to ask the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) can he state what steps will be now taken, under the powers conferred by the recently enacted Destructive Insects and Pests Act, to stamp out the disease of foul brood by which the success of the bee-keeping industry of Ireland is menaced.
§ MR. CHERRY (for Mr. T. W. RUSSELL)The Destructive Insects and Pests Act deals only with "any insect, fungus or other pests destructive to agriculture or horticulture crops or to trees or bushes," and so does not include foul brood, which is a contagious disease in bees.