HC Deb 07 April 1930 vol 237 c1761
29. Mr. DAY

asked the Minister of Agriculture the number of actions that have been brought under the Diseases of Animals Act, 1927, for failure to report outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in Scotland; and whether in any of these actions the maximum penalty has been imposed?

The MINISTER of AGRICULTURE (Mr. Noel Buxton)

Only one action for failing to report with all practicable speed an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has been brought in Scotland since the passing of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1927. The maximum penalty of £50 was not imposed, the owner having been fined £5 with the alternative of 20 days' imprisonment.