§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will make it her policy to grant notifiable livestock disease status to bovine immunodeficiency virus; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. SoamesWe have no such plans. I refer the hon. Member to my answer to the hon. Member for North Cornwall (Mr. Tyler),Official Report, 10 February column 430.
§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many incidents of bovine immunodeficiency virus have been reported for each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. SoamesNo cases of disease caused by bovine immunodeficiency virus have been identified by the Department in the last five years. I refer the hon. Member to my answer to the hon. Member for Clwyd, South-West (Mr. Jones),Official Report, 18 February column 1057–58.