Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research his Department has commissioned into squirrel pox; and if he will make a statement. [189446]

George Eustice, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for farming, food and marine environment [holding answer 28 February 2014]: DEFRA has not commissioned any research into squirrel pox. However, we have recently agreed to support the Moredun Research Institute, which is undertaking research on the development of a vaccine for squirrel pox virus.

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