§ Lieutenant-Colonel WHELERasked the Minister of Agriculture whether the Department of Agriculture in Ireland have addressed a communication to hint in which the Department affirms that Ireland is free from foot-and-mouth disease; and, if so, whether he has any information to show that all parts of the South and West of Ireland have been visited by competent inspectors to confirm this statement made by the Irish Department of Agriculture?
Sir A. BOSCAWENThe reply to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. With regard to the second part, I have no reason to doubt the statements made by the Irish Department of Agriculture.