Sir B. EYRES MONSELLasked the Minister of Agriculture what action the Government is taking to encourage re- 1026W search into the causes of swine fever, in view of the large increase in the number of outbreaks of this disease in 1929?
§ Mr. N. BUXTONI am now considering a scheme for the development of research into animal diseases generally, and propose to include swine fever in the expanded programme of work. A certain amount of research on the subject has already been conducted at the Ministry's laboratory at Weybridge.