§ 25. Mr. C. BATHURSTasked whether and, if so, to what extent progress has been made with the establishment of a dead meat trade between Ireland and Great Britain?
§ Mr. RUSSELLA considerable trade in dead meat is being carried on between several centres in Ireland and large towns in Great Britain. It is not possible at the present stage to make a definite statement as to the progress made in this trade or to form an opinion as to the extent to which it will be maintained when the present crisis in the livestock trade has passed, but there is reason to believe that at some centres at least a permanent dead meat industry has been established.
§ Mr. C. BATHURSTDo I understand that there is no attempt on the part of the right hon. Gentleman's Department to organise a dead meat trade?
§ Mr. RUSSELLI do not know about the word "organise," but we are in communication with those centres, and where they have have applied for assistance by way of loan for the erection of abattoirs or for expert assistance in the way of supplying men who know the trade that assistance has been cheerfully given.