§ Sir Richard Glynasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he is satisfied that his present powers are adequate to ensure, through his inspectors at the ports, that sheep and other livestock exported to remote destinations are physically capable of enduring the journey without undergoing suffering; and when he expects to be able to announce the extension of the Exported Cattle Protected Orders to sheep.
§ Mr. SoamesNo, but an Order is at present being prepared to extend to sheep and pigs the provisions of the Exported Cattle Protection Orders,84W which require that cattle for export must be rested and examined for fitness to travel.