§ Mr. CRUMLEYasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether, having regard to the loss and inconvenience caused to traders and the public by the present regulation, he would advise a reduction of the quarantine imposed, as to store pigs intended for export, from twenty-eight to fourteen days?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYNo, Sir; I cannot do so, having regard to the report of the Departmental Committee on Swine Fever.
§ Mr. C. BATHURSTHow, may I ask, is it possible any longer to justify the twenty-eight days' period of quarantine, in view of the finding by the Departmental. Committee as to the lack of knowledge on the part of the experts as to the latency of the disease?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYI do not admit that that is a proper construction to put on the Report.