HC Deb 11 December 1941 vol 376 cc1709-10W
Sir T. Moore

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that no veterinary expert on animal diseases has been included in the Hill Sheep Farming Committee; and whether, as one of the principal matters with which the committee has to deal is that of health and disease in the sheep concerned, he can arrange to have this matter put right?

Mr. Johnston

As I explained on the 2nd December in reply to the hon. and gallant Member for Argyll (Major McCallum) this Committee is intended to be not a body of experts but a body which will take evidence from all interested parties, including no doubt the veterinary profession. One of its members is, however, a member of the Agricultural Research Council and Chairman of that Council's Sheep Diseases Committee.