§ MR. CHAPLIN (Surrey, Wimbledon)I beg to ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, in reference to the cargo of straw brought from Dunkirk, being a district affected with foot-and-mouth disease, by the ship "Fram" to Dublin, and the landing of which was prohibited and prevented on its arrival by a Special Order issued by the Vice-President of the Agricultural Department in Ireland, whether any, and what, precautions were taken by the Agricultural Department in England to prevent it subsequently landing in Great Britain; whether it was so prevented; and, if not, is he able to say what became of the cargo.
§ MR. J. A. PEASE (Essex,; for Sir EDWARD STRACHEY) Saffron WaldenThe Board had no evidence to show that there was any exceptional danger attendant on the landing of the cargo of straw to which the right hon. Member refers, and they therefore took no special steps in the matter. They are not in a position to say what became of the cargo. The General Order which was issued on the 4th inst. with regard to the importation of foreign hay and straw was of course not then in force.