HC Deb 11 April 1989 vol 150 c439W
Mr. Bermingham

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the level of additional funding awarded to the Institute of Animal Health for research on salmonella contamination; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Ryder

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Daventry (Mr. Boswell) on 21 March at columns514–15. My Department was already spending around £700,000 in 1989–90 on research at the Institute of Animal Health on enteric diseases of poultry, including salmonella. Two new salmonella projects have now been added at a cost of £173,000 in 1989–90.