§ Captain WRIGHTasked the President of the Board of Agriculture if Regulations have been made restricting the export of pedigree cattle and sheep to the United States of America and South America; and, if so, will he state whether these restrictions have been sanctioned by him and what are the objections, in view of the financial relations and the tonnage passing between the United Kingdom and these countries, to not only the continuance but the increase of this export trade?
§ Sir R. WINFREYThe export of cattle was prohibited by Royal Proclamation shortly after the outbreak of war, but licences have been issued by the War Trade Department for the export of pedigree cattle and sheep, subject to the applications for licences being recommended by the Board. With a view to preventing an undue depletion of the valuable breeding stock of the country it has been decided by the War Trade Department, after consultation with the Board, to limit export during the current year to a number not exceeding the average number exported to any particular destination during the last three years.