§ 70. Mr. Hurdasked the Minister of Agriculture if, in view of the need to reduce further the cost of bacon pig production in this country and the avail ability of Landrace pigs standardised for economical bacon production, he will, while keeping all due health safeguards, now use his powers under the Diseases of Animals Act to permit further importations of selected breeding pigs direct from Scandinavia; and to what extent his regulations allow the entry of Landrace pigs by way of the Channel Islands.
§ Sir T. DugdaleAs I explained in my reply to my hon. Friend on 4th February, the health safeguards include limiting imports of live pigs to what is necessary to meet essential needs. I am considering whether a further import of Landrace pigs is essential. Current regulations permit the importation of pigs from the Channel Islands subject to certain safeguards, but I am sure that, as in the past, I should have the full co-operation of the authorities in seeing that animals whose direct importation into Great Britain was prohibited were not allowed to be imported through the Channel Islands.