Gentleman just made, not by my joke. That is typical of the triviality with which we are dealing this evening. Member for Rotherham mentioned news of tuberculosis in Leicester. I had not heard that news, which is, of course, very serious. I am sure that all hon.
Members take it seriously.
However, the hon. Gentleman went on to try and develop an argument from that, and to make the extrapolation that foot and mouth was no more serious than a common cold. I should like to take the hon. Member for Rotherham to my constituency, and introduce him to some of the people there who are suffering. He said that the first tranche came when he sold his spring lambs, the second when he sold cows at Christmas, and that the third came at harvest time when he sold produce from his fields.