HC Deb 21 June 1990 vol 174 c650W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the diseases that have been introduced into the United Kingdom by imported animals since 1980; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Gummer

Apart from caseous lymphadenitis, which may have been introduced by goats imported from West Germany, no diseases are known to have been introduced into the United Kingdom by imported animals since 1980.