§ Mr. C. BATHURSTasked the President of the Board of Agriculture if he will state under what Section of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894, or other Statute is the Board empowered by its Order, as in the case of the recent Order relating to the admission of Irish cattle into Great Britain and their transport through British counties, to modify or qualify orders of local authorities under the above Act in the direction, not of prohibiting or regulating the consignment of diseased or suspected animals, but of removing or relaxing restrictions intended to prevent the spread of disease?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANI would refer the hon. Member to Section 22 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894.