§ Captain Pluggeasked the Minister of Health whether any reliable information exists to show that aerial transport is causing or can cause the diffusion of disease by transporting maladies from one country to another.
§ Mr. WillinkI am not aware that air transport is at present causing diffusion of disease. The risk that infectious disease can be thus conveyed from one country to another is, of course, recognised, and is the subject of an international sanitary convention regarding aerial navigation which provides for safeguards. I would add that every precaution is being taken against the incursion of epidemic disease into this country by this means.