§ Mr. GEORGE GREENWOODasked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether, in view of the fact that on the 18th August, 1911, an Act was passed to enable the Board to make Orders under the Diseases of Animals Act for protecting live poultry from unnecessary suffering while being conveyed by land or water, and in connection with their exposure for sale and their disposal after sale, notwithstanding which no such Order has yet been made, and much unnecessary suffering is still inflicted upon live poultry while being conveyed by land and water, he will undertake to make and promulgate such Order without further delay?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe Board did not consider it expedient to make any Order under the Poultry Act, 1911, without first ascertaining by careful inquiry in what respects it is possible to regulate the conveyance of poultry by land and water without unreasonable interference with the trade. The Board's inquiries are now nearly completed.