§ SIR F. CAWLEY (Lancashire, Prestwich)I beg to ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, whether his attention has been called to the speech of the right hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, at the Colonial Conference, in which he is reported to have said that Canada resented the prohibition of the importation of Canadian live cattle as an injustice; and whether the Minister of Agriculture proposes to introduce legislation to restore to the Board the discretionary powers exercised by them prior to the Act of 1896, so that Canadian live cattle may be admitted, under proper inspection and regulations.
§ THE TREASURER OF THE HOUSEHOLD (SIR EDWARD STRACHEY,) Somersetshire, S.My noble friend has road the speech to which my hon. friend refers, and he will of course give most respectful consideration to the representations made by Sir Wilfrid Laurier on behalf of the Canadian Government. The Act of 1896 is, as my hon. friend probably knows, applicable to all cattle brought from beyond the seas, and has no special reference to the Dominion of Canada.
§ SIR EDWARD STRACHEYI cannot add anytthing to my Answer.
§ SIR F. CAWLEYI took it from The Times.