Ash Dieback Disease Debate
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David Ruffley
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(12 years, 2 months ago)
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Mary Creagh
I do, and I shall expand a lot more on that later in my speech.
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds) (Con)
On that point, the hon. Lady will be aware that in my part of the country, in East Anglia, the disease has been found in mature trees that we know have had no contact with nurseries that have imported ash plants. Wind-borne fungus is therefore certainly a possibility. In the interests of clarity and empirical evidence, will she acknowledge that that might be the case?
Mary Creagh
I am going on the empirical evidence, and I shall spend an extensive part of my speech reviewing the scientific facts, seeing how they have changed since they were first published last Wednesday—because they have—and going into great detail on that point.