§ 98. Mr. Baldwinasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has yet been able to arrive at a uniform procedure for England and Scotland with regard to the question of overshot jaws so that the present procedure under which bulls licensed in England and Wales have to be relicensed in Scotland, whereas bulls licensed in Scotland are accepted without relicensing when they pass into either England or Wales, can be done away with.
§ Mr. NugentNo. I am advised that bull licences are valid only in the country of issue. In England and Wales a licence is issued in exchange for a Scottish licence on application but in Scotland further inspection of a bull imported from England is required. There are at present differences in the standards applied in the two countries and I am afraid that my hon. Friend's suggestion is impracticable at the moment.