§ Mr. Garrettasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what efforts he is making to impress upon the public the need to keep out of the rural areas of Northumberland affected by the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
§ Mr. John MackieAn appeal issued on the 22nd July within a few hours of the confirmation of foot-and-mouth disease asking the public to avoid the rural areas and the National Park in Northumberland, received satisfactory publicity on radio, television and in some 81W national and regional newspapers. Because of the proximity of the outbreaks to the National Park the Youth Hostels Association co-operated by displaying notices at hostels in Northumberland and neighbouring counties, and the Scottish Information Office has helped to publicise our appeal in Scotland.
This appeal was repeated on 28th July because many people were starting holidays about 30th July. This has been publicised in some radio programmes and included in some national newspapers. I understand that the response by the public has been good.