§ Mr. Staintonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science why no special funds are allocated to research into the disease of transmissible gastroenteritis in pigs; and whether he will reconsider this position in view of the high incidence of this disease in certain areas of England.
§ Mr. HoggIn addition to the research on this condition at the Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge, which is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and which has recently been intensified, studies of enteritis of pigs generally are being undertaken at the Agricultural Research Council's Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, and are being continued, with the Council's support, at the Cambridge Veterinary School.
It is not the practice to earmark funds for the study of particular problems in the Government or Research Council Laboratories concerned, but the programmes of work are scrutinised having regard to research priorities. Grants are made for specific research at Universities or other similar institutions.