§ MR. McCRAE (Edinburgh, E.)asked the hon. Member for South Somerset if he had any further information to give the House with regard to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Midlothian.
§ SIR EDWARD STRACHEYsaid that no further suspected cases of foot and mouth disease had been reported since Saturday last. The slaughter of the diseased herd had been carried out, and the carcases buried in trenches in the ground set aside for the purpose by the corporation of Edinburgh, who had throughout rendered the greatest assistance. The order of scheduling the district had been so far relaxed as to allow animals from outside the scheduled area to be moved by rail to Edinburgh, Musselburgh, and Leith, and from the railway station to a slaughterhouse.
§ MR. DELANY (Queen's County, Ossory)asked for information as to the origin of the outbreak.
§ SIR EDWARD STRACHEYreplied that suspicion for the outbreak of the disease rested on hay imported from Rotterdam. The matter was being further investigated.