§ 98. Mr. Snaddenasked the Minister of Food in view of the discovery that evisceration is no adequate protection against the dissemination of the germs of the disease known as fowl pest; what consultations he had with the Secretary of State for Scotland before permitting the landing and distribution in Scotland of turkeys from Europe; and whether consultation with the poultry-farming industry in. Scotland took place before the decision to permit such landing and distribution was made.
§ Dr. SummerskillI would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for South Ayrshire (Mr. Emrys Hughes) by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland on 18th November. As no European turkeys have been landed or distributed in Scotland, the questions asked by the hon. Member do not arise.