Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture. – in the House of Commons at on 6 July 1925.
Mr Albert Alexander
, Sheffield, Hillsborough
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will have the draft of the Order he is proposing to make, directing the slaughter of cattle affected with tuberculosis on the lines of the Tuberculosis Order of 1914, placed in the library of the House before the discussion, takes place on the Diseases of Animals Financial Resolution?
Hon. Edward Wood
, Ripon
Yes. Sir; I hope to place a copy of the Draft Order in the Library towards the end of the present week.
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