§ Mr. OLIVER LOCKER - LAMPSONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the 2694W Board of Agriculture whether his attention has been drawn to a resolution passed last Monday by the Hunts Chamber of Agriculture requesting the Board of Agriculture to withdraw a swine fever order for that county now in force; whether he can state why this order was issued; and whether present conditions justify its retention?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The order was imposed owing to the recurrence of swine fever in South Hunts. The present position would not justify its withdrawal, but the Board are considering whether the area to which the restrictions apply might not now with safety be materially reduced.
§ Mr. OLIVER LOCKER - LAMPSONasked how many of the nineteen cases of swine Lever found and reported by the police in Huntingdonshire between January and June last were traceable to the markets of the county; and whether during the same period not a single case was discovered by the officials of the Board of Agriculture, in spite of stringent inspection on their part?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYIt was ascertained that there had been recent market movement in respect of swine involved in six of the cases mentioned. One case was discovered as the result of inquiries connected with another outbreak by an official of the Board.