Foot and Mouth (Hansard, 5 April 2001)

HC Deb 05 April 2001 vol 366 c239W 239W

§ Mr. Flynn
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the(a) maximum and (b) minimum total cost to public funds of the foot and mouth outbreak. [157007]

§ Mr. Andrew Smith
The Treasury, MAFF and other interested Departments are keeping a range of possible outcomes under review. At this stage it is not possible to estimate the final cost of the outbreak with any reliability.