§ 30. Mr. Emrys Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has considered a protest from the Scottish National Poultry Council, a copy of which has been sent to him, expressing anxiety that fowl pest may spread in Scotland following the importation of quantities of turkey and poultry meat from Hungary into Glasgow; and what precautions he intends to take.
§ Mr. WoodburnI have considered the protest referred to in consultation with my right hon. Friends the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Minister of Food, and I understand that no Hungarian poultry has been imported into Glasgow. As regards these imports generally, most careful precautions are taken and as the carcases are now imported ready for the 971 pot, the risk of infection from the residue is very slight, particularly as any such residue fed to poultry is required by regulation to be boiled.