Colonel Sandeman Allenasked the Minister of Health whether, as psittacosis is a disease unknown among African parrots, he is prepared to take steps to raise the ban on the importation of these birds?
§ Mr. ElliotThe information in my possession does not support the assumption that psittacosis is unknown among African parrots and I should not, therefore, feel justified in allowing the unrestricted importation of these birds.