HC Deb 20 July 1908 vol 192 c1497
MR. REMNANT (Finsbury, Holborn)

I beg to ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, whether a single case of disease amongst British cattle or sheep has been traced to cattle or sheep which have been hitherto slaughtered in the Deptford Foreign Cattle Market.

SIR EDWARD STRACHEY

There is no direct evidence of any such case, but I may add that in the opinion of the Chief Veterinary Officer to the Privy Council the outbreaks of Foot and Mouth disease, which occurred in London, Bedfordshire, and Kent in 1880, were traceable to foreign cattle landed at Deptford.

MR. ASHLEY

Do these regulations in any way restrict the food supplies of the people of this country?

SIR EDWARD STRACHEY

Not in my opinion.