§ Mr. CHARLES BATHURSTasked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether any research is being conducted by or under the auspices of the Board into the various diseases of sheep due to stron-gylus contortus and other less-known parasitic worms which have during the past two years caused a high rate of mortality among sheep throughout Great Britain; whether any part of the grant allocated to the Board out of the Development Fund will be applied to the conduct of such research; and what steps, if any, are being taken by the Board to bring the results of such research to the notice of flock-masters with a view to the reduction of the above mortality?
§ Mr. HERBERT LEWISThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative, but arrangements are now being made for the institution of researches in helminthology by means of money provided from the Development Fund, and the particular disease to which the hon. Member refers will receive early attention. The results will be published by the Board.