§ 57. Mr. C. BATHURSTasked whether, in view of the steady increase in the number of outbreaks of swine fever from 1,650 in 1909 to 2,920 in 1912, the increasing expenditure of public money involved in the administration of the present Swine Fever Orders, and the payment of compensation there under, and the impossibility of the final Report of the Departmental Committee on Swine Fever being issued for at least two years, he will consider the advisability of adopting interim administrative methods of a less drastic and expensive character pending the issue of the above Report?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANI would refer the hon. Member to my answer to his similar question on the 5th December. I do not know on what he bases his assumption that the final Report of the Departmental Committee on Swine Fever cannot be issued for at least two years; I am informed that there is no probability that so long a time will elapse before the Report is issued. But at the next meeting of the Committee, which is to take place this week, the question of making changes in the existing administrative methods of dealing with swine fever will be considered.
§ Mr. C. BATHURSTWould the right hon. Gentleman ascertain from the Committee how long it will be until their final Report is issued?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANI will ask them.