§ Sir J. D. REESasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether he is aware that considerable loss and inconvenience is caused in Montgomeryshire to farmers and others by the fact that three-quarters of the county lie under certain restrictions as regards the sale of swine, and that farmers in Llanfyllin parish cannot take swine to their own market, though they may take them to more distant towns in the county; whether any objection exists to including the county with Cheshire, Stafford, and Shropshire as one area for the purpose of the Regulations; and what steps will be taken to abate the difficulties under which the county suffers?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYThe Board do not appear to have received any representations from Montgomeryshire farmers on this subject. The parish of Llanfyllin, with other parishes in the neighbourhood, was included in the Shropshire area at the special request of the Montgomeryshire local authority, but I gather from the question that some misunderstanding exists locally as to the position in this respect, and I shall be glad to cause inquiry to be made. The transfer of the whole county from the Welsh area to the English area named would be attended with considerable administrative difficulty.