§ 66. Mr. THORNEasked the Minister of Agriculture if he has received any report from the Banbury market inspector in connection with the conditions prevailing in the cattle market at Banbury; whether he has any information on the matters reported on by one of the inspectors of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to the effect that the market is being used as a dumping ground for diseased and useless cattle; and if he intends taking any action in the matter?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREMy right hon. Friend has not received any such report from the Banbury market inspector, who is an official of the local authority. The Department has been informed that the majority of the consignment of cattle concerned in the recent proceedings at the West Ham Police Court at which, it is reported, an inspector of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals criticised the condition of Banbury market, were not exposed in either of the two Banbury markets but passed through the railway loading docks. All cattle offered for sale at these markets are inspected by the veterinary inspector of the local authority.