Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Hansard, 18 July 1996)

HC Deb 18 July 1996 vol 281 c648W 648W

§ Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the Prime Minister if he will set up an inquiry to examine(a) the reasons for the spread of BSE, (b) the use of animal material in feedstuffs, (c) the effectiveness of the measures taken to deal with the situation since 1986 and (d) the quality of the advice available to the Government on this matter. [38003]

§ The Prime Minister
No. These are essentially technical scientific issues which have been considered many times by the Government's own committee of independent scientific advisers, the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee. I have every confidence in the quality of the advice from SEAC.