§ 89. Mr. HORNERasked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) whether his attention has been directed to the fact that, under the provisions of the Irish Creameries and Dairy Produce Bill, there is nothing to prevent a British trader from buying inferior Irish butter, not manufactured in an Irish creamery, and selling it in Great Britain as creamery butter; and whether, having regard to the fact that creamery butter has come to be understood by a great section of British consumers as Irish creamery butter, the Government will make such amendment in the First Clause of the Bill as will prevent the words "creamery butter" being used in Great Britain as a false trade description of Irish creamery butter?
§ Mr. T. W. RUSSELL (Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture, Ireland)The practice described in the hon. Member's question is exactly what goes on under the law as it stands at the present time, and which the Bill is designed to prevent. I shall be quite willing to consider any Amendment designed to make the Bill more effective for its purpose. But as the Bill stands factory butter sent to Great Britain and described as creamery would, with the definition of creamery butter contained in the Bill, be dealt with under the Merchandise Marks Act.