HC Deb 20 April 1971 vol 815 cc367-8W
Mr. Peter Mills

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he is considering the possibility of a reversion to the use of inactivated vaccine once the current fowl pest epidemic is over.

Mr. Anthony Stodart

We are proposing to examine our control measures on fowl pest in consultation with the interests concerned in the course of the next few months, and I would not wish to rule anything out at this stage; but my right hon. Friend would not have approved the use of live vaccine last December had he not seen a long-term as well as an immediate balance of advantage in doing so.