§ Sir B. STANIERasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture whether he has any information regarding the French and German 1704W experiments on foot-and-mouth diseased animals on the subject of vitality and carriers of the disease, and if they can be published?
Sir A. BOSCAWENThe Ministry have no knowledge of any experiments of foot-and-mouth disease conducted in France and Germany since 1914. The results of the previous researches in Germany are well known in this country, but they contain very little information regarding the vitality of the virus, and it is not thought that any advantage would be gained by publishing them.
§ Sir B. STANIERasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, in view of the unsatisfactory result of the Departmental Committee to inquire into foot-and-mouth disease in 1912, which investigated the disease in India, whether the Ministry have carried out any further experiments on the vitality of the virus; and, if not, do they propose to do so now?
Sir A. BOSCAWENNo experiments have been carried out recently with a view to determining the vitality of the foot-and-mouth disease virus, but the Minister has now appointed a Committee of scientists to investigate certain problems connected with this disease, including the one referred to in the question.