§ Mr. FIELDalso asked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) whether he is aware that many experienced persons interested in livestock supplies for Great Britain and Ireland allege that cows and heifers forward in calf are being slaughtered in considerable numbers; whether he will make inquiry and consider the advisability of adopting precautionary measures to prohibit the exportation from Ireland of animals visibly in calf?
§ Mr. RUSSELLThe whole question of the probable effects on the future of home live-stock production through the sale by farmers in Great Britain and Ireland of breeding animals is under the consideration of the Agricultural Departments ol the three Kingdoms, who have recently conferred upon the matter.