§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much has been spent by Her Majesty's Government in each of the last five years on research into the causes, treatment and prevention of foot-and-mouth disease.
§ Mr. Goronwy RobertsResearch on foot-and-mouth disease is concentrated at the Animal Virus Research Institute, Pirbright, and comprises almost all the work of that Institute. The grants from the Agricultural Research Council to the Institute for the last five financial years have been as follows:
Year Current Expenditure Capital Expenditure Total £ £ £ 1961–62 313,168 43,597 356,765 1962–63 353,154 183,433 536,587 1963–64 203,700 45,163 248,863 1964–65 334,138 56,324 390,462 1965–66 464,328 35,051 499,379