§ 5. Mr. Hurdasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how far the campaign in Nottinghamshire to eliminate rabbits carrying the mild form of myxomatosis has been successful; and in which other districts the disease persists in this form.
Mr. AmoryNo rabbits with the mild form of myxomatosis have been found in The Dukeries area in Nottinghamshire since the conclusion of the recent campaign, during which it is estimated that 95 per cent. of all the wild rabbits in the area were destroyed. The only other district in which a weakened strain of the disease has been found is in a small area near Micheldever, Hampshire.