§ 12. Mr. FIELDasked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he has considered the waste of meat in this scarce time caused by the destruction of partially tuberculised animals; whether he is aware that it has yet to be proved that bovine tuberculosis is communicable to man; whether he is aware that all over Europe such meat is sterilised and fold at a cheaper rate, and that recently this procedure has been adopted in Dundee; and whether he will make inquiries and stop the destruction of such meat?
§ Mr. HAYES FISHERMy right hon. Friend has asked me to reply to this question. Though I am not prepared to accept the suggestion in the second part of the hon. Member's question I may say that the whole subject to which he refers is engaging the close attention of the Local Government Board and the Ministry of Food.
§ Mr. FIELDWill the right hon. Gentleman let those who are interested in this matter know what is the nature of the report and what inquiries have been made, as thousands of tons of this meat are annually destroyed which might be devoted to human consumption?
§ Mr. HAYES FISHERI shall be quite prepared to meet the hon. Member if he desires to see me on the subject.