§ Sir Bernard Braineasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the cruelty involved in the enforced feeding of geese, now by the use of mechanical methods, he will seek to ban the importation into the United Kingdom of intensified pâtç de foie gras.
§ Mr. StrangI have received veterinary advice that suffering is not necessarily caused by feeding geese in this way. My right hon. Friend and I consider that a ban on imports of pâté de foie gras would not be justified.