§ Mr. STANIERasked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether the Board pay full compensation for animals slaughtered under an order of the Board when an an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease occurs; and, if not, what value is given?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANSection 15 (2) of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894, provides that the Board shall pay compensation for animals slaughtered in connection with outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease as follows: (1) Where the animal slaughtered was affected with foot-and-mouth disease the compensation is to be the value of the animal immediately before it became so affected; (2) in every other case the compensation is to be the value of the animal immediately before it was slaughtered.