§ MR. JOHN WARDI beg to ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as 84 representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, whether the reasons for prohibiting the importation of foreign hay and straw have now disappeared; and, if so, whether it is proposed to revoke the order.
§ SIR EDWARD STRACHEYThe object of the order to which my hon. friend refers is to safeguard this country from the risk of the introduction of foot-and-mouth disease by the importation of hay or straw imported from countries where that disease exists, or where the circumstances are such as to afford insufficient security against its introduction. The order must, therefore, be regarded as of a permanent character.