§ MR. FIELDTo ask the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been drawn to the lecture 745 delivered on 23rd May last by Mr. Dunscombe Vallance to the members of the Bucks Chamber of Agriculture, in which the lecturer advised farmers to sell tuberculous cows to the meat trader without disclosing their diseased conditions; and whether, having regard to the fact that the possession by a retailer of a tuberculous animal is regarded as a crime, measures will be adopted to make a compulsory veterinary examination of all animals entering live stock markets as food or otherwise to give a warranty as to their soundness to purchasers.
(Answered by Mr. John Burns.) I have seen a report of the lecture referred to. The subject of the inspection of milch cows is receiving my consideration, but I cannot promise to give effect to the suggestion in the last part of the Question.