§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is investigating the possibility of issuing scanning equipment to detect the onset of BSE in cattle; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GummerScanning by nuclear magnetic resonance has been experimentally applied to laboratory animals incubating spongiform encephalopathy. But this technique does not at the moment appear to represent a practicable means of diagnosing BSE under field conditions.