§ Mr. Peter AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has to fund Professor Ebringer' s research into the auto-immune theory of BSE beyond 31 December. [17633]
§ Margaret Beckett[holding answer 23 November 2001]: My Department has already contributed significant funding towards Professor Ebringer's research. Currently, there are no plans to provide further support to this work once the present studies have concluded.