§ Mr. GRANVILLEasked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware of the intensity of the epidemic of swine fever in the Stowmarket area, and if his Department is taking special steps to deal with the situation?
Mr. BUXTONMy Department has had the swine fever position in the entire County of Suffolk under particular review for some weeks. In view of the serious spread of disease throughout the county it was necessary to declare the whole county to be a swine fever infected area as from 4th November, and for special regulations to be introduced governing the movement of pigs into, within, or out of the area, and restricting markets of swine in the area to fat pigs only. The local authority has, as an additional precaution, arranged for veterinary inspection at these authorised markets. The Ministry has supplemented its normal staff of veterinary inspectors in the county in order to cope with the situation.