§ Mr. Hunterasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what EEC funds are available for, or being devoted to, poultry research in the United Kingdom in the current year.
§ Mrs. Fenner£24,000 is expected to be received from European Community funds for poultry vaccine work in relation to a programme on biomolecular engineering. No decision has been taken by the European Community about any funds from its major agricultural research and development programme to be devoted to poultry research.
§ Mr. Hunterasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much public money is being made available for poultry research in the current year.
§ Mrs. FennerThe expenditure of public money on poultry research in the United Kingdom in the current financial year is estimated to be £10,211,000.
§ Mr. Hunterasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) what EEC funds are being made available to the poultry research centre, near Edinburgh, in the current year;
(2) if EEC funds made available to the poultry research centre, near Edinburgh, in the current year are being used for any particular project or projects.
§ Mrs. FennerNo decision has yet been taken by the European Community on funds to be made available for poultry research in the current year.