asked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether the cause of the recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in England has been satisfactorily traced?

It has not been possible to attribute the infection in either of the two recent outbreaks to any specific cause.

asked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he is aware that the Department of Animal Husbandry at Washington, United States of America, have announced that no further importations of live stock from Great Britain will be admitted into the United States of America until such time as the origin of the outbreaks in this country has been traced; and, if he will say what steps His Majesty's Government propose to take in this matter?

The Board have received no communication from the United States Government of any decision of the character mentioned in the question.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether a chaplain working abroad, who is appointed by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and who is partly paid by the society and partly by moneys collected in the Church, is entitled to the exemptions provided by Section 71 (1) of the Finance Act, 1910, as being a person employed in the services of any missionary society abroad?

The title to the exemption in question depends on the person who claims relief being employed in the service of the society. Each case must be considered by reference to its own particular circumstances, and if the hon. Member will supply me with the particulars of any specific case I shall be glad to inquire into it.