§ Mr. PULLEYasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture whether an inquiry has yet been held into the recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the island of Jersey: and whether, having regard to the fact that cattle are not allowed to be imported into this area and infection cannot therefore have been caused by contact, an opportunity may be taken of making an exhaustive investigation with a view to discovering the source of infection in this case?
Sir A. BOSCAWENNo inquiry into the, outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease 2459W in Jersey has been held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, as the Ministry has no jurisdiction in the Channel Islands. On the 17th November the Ministry received from the Lieutenant Governor of Jersey a copy of a report on the outbreak by the principal veterinary officer of the Island. It appeared from this report that only one farm was affected and there had been no extension of the disease to any other premises. A suggestion is made in the report that the outbreak might possibly have originated from a visit to St. Malo made by the attendant upon the cows not long before the occurrence of the outbreak.