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deputation on the subject, but was unable at that time to receive a
deputation.
The resolutions of the Conference having received considerable
support from many Cities and Boroughs throughout the United Kingdom,
a further meeting of the Conference was held, at which it was decided to
approach the Prime Minister to urge a reconsideration of his refusal to
receive a deputation. The Council was asked to re-affirm its support of
the resolutions of the Conference and to bring pressure to bear to secure
reception of the deputation by the Prime Minister.
A resolution on this subject was also forwarded by the National
Federation of Meat Traders' Association, urging upon His Majesty's
Government that in view of the continued shortage of fresh killed meat,
and the effectual safeguard provided by the precautionary measures available
at the Foreign Animals Wharves of the United Kingdom, further
facilities should be afforded for importation of live cattle to the United
Kingdom.
It was also pointed out that the Foreign Animals Wharves possess
every facility for effectually safeguarding the herds of this country against
disease from imported cattle, which is the ostensible reason for the present
restrictions. The Public Health and Housing Committee recommended
the Council to re-affirm its request to His Majesty's Government to relax
the restrictions on importation of live cattle for immediate slaughter ; that
the Prime Minister be further urged to receive the proposed deputation,
and that the Council take part in such deputation, if arranged.
Immature Meat Prohibition Bill.
A Bill to prohibit Sale of Immature Meat. Ordered to be brought in
by Mr. Cathcart Wason, Doctor Addison, Sir John Barlow, Mr.
Falconer, Mr. Glover, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Arthur Lee, Mr.
Lonsdale, Mr. Walter Long, Mr. Jeremiah MacVeagh, Mr. Monro
Ferguson, and Mr. Wilkie. Ordered, by the House of Commons,
to be Printed, 27th July, 1910.
1. If any person sells or exposes for sale for the food of man a calf
which was less than ten days old when it was slaughtered, or any part
thereof, he shall be guilty of an offence, and shall, on summary conviction,
be liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.
2. The provisions contained in section forty-three of the Public