Lieut.-Colonel MOOREasked the Minister of Health how many local authorities in England and Wales have adopted a by-law requiring the stunning of sheep and of pigs, respectively, by either manual or mechanical methods prior to sticking; and how many local authorities, having adopted such a by- 1928W law, have afterwards rescinded it as regards either sheep or pigs?
§ Mr. GREENWOODThe figures are: for sheep, a by-law has been adopted by 360 local authorities, of whom two afterwards rescinded it; for pigs, by 490 local authorities, of whom four afterwards rescinded it.