§ Mrs. LiddellTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cattle have been confirmed as being infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Scotland in each year from 1986 to 1995. [22934]
§ Mr. Raymond S. RobertsonThe information requested is as follows:
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year Number of confirmed case 1986 0 1987 7 1988 54 1989 208 990 486 1991 808 1992 1,850 1993 2,208 1994 1,326 1995 660 1996 (to 25 March 1996) 60
§ Mrs. LiddellTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he plans to publish the initial conclusions of the experiments on transgenic mice being administered bovine spongiform encephalopathy. [22936]
§ Mr. Raymond S. RobertsonThis research programme is being undertaken by Professor John Collinge of the prion disease group of Imperial college school of medicine with funding from the Wellcome Foundation. I have no information on when the initial findings will be published. I would, however refer the hon. Member to an article by Dr. Collinge which was published in "Nature" magazine—vol 378—on 28 December 1995.