§ Mr. KELLYasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture-whether he is aware that sheep dealers who send sheep from Ireland to this country via Heysham suffer a loss of 5s. per head owing to the effects of the dip used 1821W at Heysham, which turns the wool black; whether he is aware that the Department of Agriculture for Ireland approve of dips which have no such deleterious effects; and will he issue instructions to the local officers at Heysham to use such dips only as will not injure the saleable value of wool?
§ Mr. ACLANDWith regard to the statement contained in the first part of the ques-1822W tion, I think the hon. Member must be under some misapprehension. From inquiries which I have caused to be made, I find the dip used at Heysham is Mykrol, in respect of which no complaint has been received. I would, however, remind the hon. Member that owners are at liberty to supply for use on these occasions any one of the sheep dips approved by the Board, and these are 536 in number.