§ Mr. FIELDasked the President of the Local Government Board whether the proposed payment by the Treasury of compensation to owners of tuberculous stock slaughtered in the interest of the country will also apply to wholesale and retail meat traders who, buying animals in good faith, subsequently discover after slaughter that they are diseased and voluntariiy surrender same?
§ Mr. BURNSThe proposed payment will be made only in respect of compensation payable by a local authority in cases in which animals are compulsorily slaughtered in pursuance of an Order to be made by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries under the Diseases of Animals Acts.