HC Deb 02 May 1996 vol 276 c610W
Mr. Shore

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what investigations he has(a) commissioned and (b) evaluated to establish whether the BSE infective agent can be transmitted directly from a cow to its calf; what was the conclusion of that research; and if he will make a statement. [24472]

Mrs. Browning

I have been asked to reply.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Edinburgh, East (Dr. Strang) on 25 April 1996, Official Report, column 274.