§ 59. Sir T. Mooreasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he is aware that within recent months there have been two serious accidents involving three-tier lorries for conveying sheep; and in one such accident at Barnard Castle 23 sheep were killed, and that in another in Devonshire 12 sheep were suffocated; and whether, in view of the risks of further accidents of this kind and of the fact that the loading of sheep on to three-tier lorries involves a material degree of cruelty, he will use his powers in connection with the construction and use of motor vehicles to ban their further use.
§ Mr. WatkinsonMy powers to control the construction and use of vehicles do not extend to the protection of animals in transit from the risks attendant on overcrowding, which is a matter for my right honourable Friends the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.