§ Mr. J. P. FARRELLasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is aware that in consequence of the Swine Fever Order difficulty is experienced in removing pigs from one part of the country to another; whether vendors have to go to the local police barracks for licences, which may or may not be granted, according to the views of the local policeman; and whether, as no swine fever now exists in Ireland, he will direct that the present restrictions be withdrawn?
§ The CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND (Mr. Birrell)The hon. Member presumably refers not to any order made by an Irish Department but to the regulations governing the movement of store swine from Ireland to Great Britain under an order of the English Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and I would suggest that he should address his inquiries to that Department. I may add that, unfortunately, swine fever has not ceased to exist in Ireland.