§ Sir R. Russellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will state, from information available from international sources, the number of outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in Great Britain and other European and Western countries, including Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, in 1967, 1968 and 1969, in the same form as given in answer to a Question on 29th November, 1967.
§ Mr. PriorThe following is the information:
NUMBERS OF OUTBREAKS OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE, AS REPORTED BY THE OFFICE INTERNATIONAL DES EPIZOOTIES 1967 1968 1969 Great Britain … 2,210 187 Nil Argentina … 4,634 1,427 1,957 Brazil … 116 268 496 Uruguay … 65 24 82 U.S.A. … Nil Nil Nil Canada … Nil Nil Nil Australia … Nil Nil Nil New Zealand … Nil Nil Nil South Africa … 8 3 2 Austria … Nil Nil Nil Belgium … 22 1 3 Bulgaria … Nil Nil Nil Czechoslovakia … Nil 11 6 Denmark … 5 5 8 Finland … Nil Nil Nil West Germany … 3,350 68 12 France … 17 40 36 Greece … 58 Nil 111 Hungary … 4 60 Nil Italy … 211 22 135 Netherlands … 96 Nil Nil Northern Ireland … Nil Nil Nil Irish Republic … Nil Nil Nil Poland … 10 Nil 5 Portugal … 520 923 160 Roumania … Nil 11 6 Sweden … Nil Nil Nil Switzerland … Nil 23 1 Turkey … 2,068 301 1,442 Yugoslavia … Nil 76 Nil Spain … 305 562 522