§ Colonel DAYasked the Minister of Agriculture what steps have been taken, and what decisions have been arrived at, with regard to international action for the suppression of foot-and-mouth disease; and whether the Research Committee is collaborating effectively with research organisation in other countries.
Mr. E. WOODAn International Veterinary Bureau, with headquarters at Paris, was set up a few years ago, and to this Bureau the British Government has just become an adherent. The purpose for which the Bureau has been established is to explore what measures are practicable against foot-and-mouth disease and other animal plagues. It is understood that the Bureau will endeavour to organise and recommend such combined action against animal diseases as may be called for from time to time in consequence of the progress of science. With regard to the second part of the Question the Research Committee on Foot-and-Mouth Disease is in close touch with research organisations in other countries which are investigating foot-and-mouth disease.