§ Mr. WESTWOODasked the Minister of Agriculture whether complete agreement has yet been reached between the Governments of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, and the Irish Free State on the orders to be issued requiring the treatment of cattle infested with warble-fly maggot; if orders have been issued; and, if so, when were they made available to those in the industry in Scotland?
§ Mr. ELLIOTAs indicated in the answer I gave on the 9th December to the hon. Member for East Birkenhead (Mr. White), agreement was reached, in principle, in December between the Governments of Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State on the question of the desirability of the issue of Orders requiring the treatment of cattle infested with the warble-fly maggot. In accordance with this agreement, Orders were issued by the Government of the Irish Free State on the 29th January and by the respective Ministries in Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the 31st January; the Great Britain Order has since been widely circulated by the local authorities in Scotland as well as in England and Wales.