§ Earl WINTERTONasked the President of the Board of Agriculture if his attention has been called to the fact that, in the majority of British Dominions and foreign countries to which pedigree cattle are dispatched from these islands, it is demanded that such cattle pass the tuberculin test; that, in consequence, it is the practice of foreign buyers to demand, as a condition of purchase, that such cattle should pass the test before shipment, even in the case of countries where a test passed here is not accepted as final; whether he 743W is aware that the test is frequently performed unsatisfactorily by sellers here, with the result that unsound cattle are sold to foreign buyers; and whether he will, in consequence, introduce legislation to forbid the sale of tuberculin except to doctors or veterinary surgeons?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe answer to the first two parts of the question is in the affirmative. I am aware that the statement quoted in the third part has sometimes been made, and the question of controlling the preparation, supply, and use of tuberculin is at present under consideration.