§ Mr. LAMBERTasked the Minister of Agriculture if he will state for each of the last 10 years separately, the number of outbreaks of contagious disease among cattle, the numbers affected, and the cost of suppression, including payments for slaughter of animals, in Great Britain?
Sir A. BOSCAWENThe information desired, as far as it is available, is set out in the following statements:
865W(2) Tuberculosis in Cattle.
Repayment to local authorities of part of the cost of compensation for animals slaughtered under the Tuberculosis Order of 1914.
£ 1912–13 — 1913–14 2,282 1914–15 4,817 1915–16 114 1916–17 3 1917–18 — 1918–19 — 1919–20 — 1920–21 — 1921–22 — £7,216 (3) Expenditure in respect of anthrax, except administrative expenses which cannot be separately distinguished, is borne mainly by local authorities.