§ Mr. Fletcherasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer to the right hon. Member for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale (Mr. Steel) of 29 October, Official Report, columns 416–7, if he will now state what essential services are to be retained in Scotland, following closure of the department of the central veterinary laboratory at Lasswade.
§ Mr. JoplingIt is intended that mammalian histopathological services, avian diagnostic and consultancy services and various animal health blood tests and import-export tests will be undertaken by a unit of 17 ADAS officers based at the East of Scotland college of agriculture, Edinburgh following the closure of the department at Lasswade.