§ Colonel Ponsonbyasked the Minister of Agriculture whether, as a result of experience of the working of the Improvement of Live Stock (Licensing of Bulls) Act, 1931, he is satisfied that the objects of the Act are being achieved?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonThe Act has now been in force in England and Wales for three years, and while I am satisfied that what is usually known as the "scrub" bull has, to a very great extent, been eliminated, it is obviously desirable, in the interests of the livestock industry, that a sufficiently high standard in regard to the licensing of bulls should be maintained, whether in regard to beef or dairy cattle, and I have no doubt that in this 3329W matter I can count on the co-operation of the appeal referees nominated under the Act by the breed societies and the National Farmers' Union.