§ Mr. Maclennanasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made of the recent outbreak of swine fever; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. FennerThe first outbreak in Shropshire has been linked to the feeding to pigs of scraps of imported pigmeat products. However, we have not so far been able to establish the source of the recent outbreaks.
We are discussing in Brussels possible ways of improving the effectiveness of Community measures against this disease. In the meantime, the Community has accepted the measures taken and our exports are substantially unaffected.