§ 82. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Minister of Technology if he will make a statement on the investigations now being carried out under his authority by the Torry Research Laboratory and other scientific bodies under Government authority into the columnaris disease afflicting salmon and other fish.
§ Mr. BennThe Torry Research Station is identifying species of bacteria which are possible sources of the current disease of salmon. Other investigations into the nature, causes and means of transmission of the disease are being undertaken by the Fisheries Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland and the Ministry of Agriculture of Northern Ireland. The Central Public Health Laboratories of the Ministry of Health, and the Freshwater Biological Association, are also co-operating.