§ Mr. GEORGE GREENWOODasked the Secretary for the Home Department whether he was aware that the provisions of section 6 of The Ground Game Act, 1880, with regard to the setting of spring traps in the open, were habitually disregarded, and that cruelty to animals, as well as the illegal taking of game, had been thereby caused; and whether he would introduce further legislation, or take other measures in order to secure the due observance of the law in this matter?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Herbert Samuel)The Secretary of State has no official information about this matter, but he believes that traps are often set in the open, and that cruelty is caused by them. The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries are about to issue a leaflet on the subject, which will no doubt be widely circulated, and the Secretary of State proposes to send out a circular to the police.
§ Viscount HELMSLEYWill the officials of the Board of Agriculture issue recommendations with regard to the laying down of poison in the open?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThat question should be addressed to my hon. Friend who represents the Board of Agriculture.