§ Mr. ShoreTo 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. BrowningI 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.