§ 44. Mr. Heddleasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many outbreaks of swine vesicular disease in the United Kingdom there have been in the last six months; and if there is now evidence that it is being contained.
§ Mr. WigginTwenty-two outbreaks of the disease were confirmed in the period September 1980 to February 1981 in Great Britain. Only three of these have occurred this year. The results of stringent monitoring which was undertaken in the Yorkshire-Lancashire area, where the disease is centred, and the diminution in the number of outbreaks, suggests that progress is being made with containment of the disease.