§ 6. Mr. DUNCAN MILLARasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether any steps are being taken by the Department of Agriculture for Scotland for the development of the pig industry in Scot- 209 land;and whether, when approving bylaws for pig styes, the Department of Health and Agriculture will have regard to the need for avoiding the placing of any unnecessary restrictions on the growth of the industry?
Mr. W. ADAMSONIn 1929 the Department of Agriculture set up a permanent ad hoc committee composed of representatives of the industry, bacon-curing factories and scientific workers to advise them on all questions relating to pork and bacon production. In addition to experiments at the agricultural colleges, research work on pig feeding and breeding is in progress at the Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen, and the Animal Breeding Research Department, Edinburgh University. This work is being developed with the aid of a grant from the Empire Marketing Fund. The confirmation of by-laws for pig styes, made under Section 35 of the Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1897, rests with the Department of Health for Scotland, and in terms of Section 185 of that Act, the Department are required, before granting confirmation to any proposed by-laws, to consider any objections that may be submitted to them within the prescribed period by any persons who may be aggrieved. Any objections that may be so made on the ground that the by-laws would impose unnecessary restrictions on the growth of the industry will receive the Department's consideration.
§ Mr. GRANVILLE GIBSONMay I ask, Mr. Speaker, if something can be done to minimise the risk of asphyxiation which we are suffering at the moment?
§ Mr. SPEAKERI have given instructions that the windows shall be opened.