Mr. T. THOMSONasked the Minister of Agriculture if his attention has been 956W drawn to a recent report of a special investigation into the slaughtering of horses at Vaugirard, Paris, where our British horses are sometimes sent, which differs entirely from the finding of the Departmental Committee that it would not be correct or just to say that Vaugirard is conducted in anything but a humane manner; and what action he proposes to take in the matter?
§ Sir H. BARNSTONYes, Sir. The Ministry, however, has no reason to doubt the conclusion of the Departmental Committee which reported that the conditions of slaughter at Vaugirard were reasonably good, and probably better than obtain in many slaughter-houses in this country.