Foot And Mouth Poll

• MORI interviewed 503 British adults aged 18+ by telephone, along with booster samples of 277 adults in the county of Devon and 255 in Northamptonshire
• Interviews were conducted by telephone on 15-17 March 2001
• Results are based on all respondents unless otherwise stated.
• Data are weighted to the known population profile
• An '*' indicates a finding of less than 0.5%, but greater than zero
• Poll conducted by MORI on behalf of The Mail on Sunday

Q1 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mr Blair is doing his job as Prime Minister?

	GB %	Devon %	Northants %
Satisfied	52	45	46
Dissatisfied	41	47	47
Don't know	7	8	7

Q2 Overall, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way the Government is handling the Foot and Mouth outbreak?

	GB %	Devon %	Northants %
Satisfied	35	31	36
Dissatisfied	52	61	49
Don't know	13	8	15

Q3 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Nick Brown, the Minister for Agriculture, is handling the outbreak?

	GB %	Devon %	Northants %
Satisfied	36	33	34
Dissatisfied	44	54	45
Don't know	20	13	21

Q4 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way William Hague, the Leader of the Conservative Party, has reacted to the outbreak?

	GB %	Devon %	Northants %
Satisfied	32	31	32
Dissatisfied	39	40	36
Don't know	29	29	32

Q5 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Charles Kennedy, the Leader of the Liberal Democrats, has reacted to the outbreak?

	GB %	Devon %	Northants %
Satisfied	25	24	26
Dissatisfied	20	25	17
Don't know	55	51	57

Q6 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Tim Yeo, the Shadow Spokesman for Agriculture, has reacted to the outbreak?

	GB %	Devon %	Northants %
Satisfied	22	23	18
Dissatisfied	25	27	29
Don't know	53	50	53

Q7 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way the National Farmers Union has reacted to the outbreak?

	GB %	Devon %	Northants %
Satisfied	67	67	62
Dissatisfied	13	18	14
Don't know	20	15	24

Bearing in mind the current Foot and Mouth outbreak, do you think ...

Q8 ... the Government should hold the local elections on May 3rd as planned, or postpone them till a later date

	GB %	Devon %	Northants %
Should hold on May 3rd	37	22	30
Should postpone till later date	58	74	63
Don't know	5	4	7

Q9 ... the Government should hold the General Election on May 3rd, or postpone it till a later date

	GB %	Devon %	Northants %
Should hold on May 3rd	34	23	27
Should postpone till later date	61	72	67
Don't know	5	5	6

Q10 If the Government decides to hold the General Election on May 3rd, would you be more or less likely to vote Labour, or would it make no difference?

	GB %	Devon %	Northants %
More likely	5	3	3
Less likely	11	15	9
Make no difference	79	79	83
Don't know	5	3	6

Q11 The Government has decided that animals that may have come into contact with the Foot and Mouth virus, but show no signs of the disease, will also be slaughtered as a precautionary measure. Do you think the Government should or should not have ordered that these animals be slaughtered?

	GB %	Devon %	Northants %
Should	34	34	39
Should not	54	55	50
Don't know	12	11	11

Q12 The Government has announced that there will be compensation for farmers. They will receive the full market value of the slaughtered animals, and any food stuffs that are destroyed. Do you think this is too much, too little or about the right amount of compensation?

	GB %	Devon %	Northants %
Too much	6	4	5
Too little	28	36	28
About the right amount	62	53	63
Don't know	4	7	4

Q13 It has been suggested that people working in the tourism industry should also receive compensation because the restrictions on movement mean that holiday makers cannot travel to many tourist areas. Do you think the tourism industry should or not should not receive compensation for this lost business?

	GB %	Devon %	Northants %
Should be compensated	56	64	54
Should not be compensated	35	30	39
Don't know	9	6	7

Q14 Since the Foot and Mouth outbreak, have you ...?

	GB %	Devon %	Northants %
... eaten more meat than usual	*	0	2
... eaten less meat than usual	11	9	11
... eaten the same amount as usual	78	78	83
Don't eat meat	10	13	2
Don't know	0	1	*

Q15 Has the Foot and Mouth outbreak led you to buy and store more meat than usual, less meat, or has it made no difference to your shopping habits?

	GB %	Devon %	Northants %
More meat	2	2	2
Less meat	7	6	7
Made no difference	84	80	87
Don't eat meat	8	11	4
Don't know	0	1	*

Q16 Overall, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mr Blair, the Prime Minister, has handled the issue of fuel prices?

	NoW Sep 2000 %	GB %	Devon %	Northants %
Satisfied	19	25	22	27
Dissatisfied	79	66	70	65
Don't know	2	9	8	8

Q17 Overall, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mr Blair, the Prime Minster, has handled the issue of the closure of rural post offices?

	GB %	Devon %	Northants %
Satisfied	10	9	8
Dissatisfied	70	73	76
Don't know	20	18	16

Q18 Now a question about hunting with dogs (that is foxhunting, stag hunting etc.) To what extent would you support or oppose a ban on hunting with dogs in Britain?

	Mos Jul 99 %	GB %	Devon %	Northants %
Strongly support a ban	52	42	42	38
Tend to support a ban	11	13	11	12
Neither support nor oppose a ban	11	15	14	11
Tend to oppose a ban	10	11	5	14
Strongly oppose a ban	14	16	24	23
Don't know	2	3	4	2

Q19 Which party did you vote for at the last General Election, in May 1997? If you are not sure, or did not vote, please say so.Which party did you vote for at the last General Election, in May 1997? If you are not sure, or did not vote, please say so.

	GB %	Devon %	Northants %
Labour	43	31	45
Conservative	22	27	26
Liberal Democrat (Lib Dem)	9	13	5
Scottish/Welsh Nationalist	2	0	0
Green Party	*	1	1
Referendum Party	1	1	*
Other	1	1	1
Did not vote	13	18	14
Too young	4	3	3
Can't remember	2	1	1
Refused	3	3	4

Q20 Which one of these best describes the area where you live most of the time?

	GB %	Devon %	Northants %
In the middle of a city or town	25	24	23
In a suburb	29	21	18
On the edge of the countryside	32	36	35
In the middle of the countryside	14	20	24

Technical details

MORI interviewed a representative sample of 503 British adults aged 16+ and booster surveys of 277 interviews in the county of Devon and 255 interviews in the county of Northamptonshire. Interviews were carried out by telephone throughout Great Britain on 15-16 March 2001.

Data are weighted to the known population profile of Britain for the main survey and to the known population profiles of Devon and Northamptonshire for the booster surveys in these counties.

Where percentages do not add up to exactly 100% this may be due to computer rounding, the exclusion of "don't knows" or to multiple answers. An asterisk (*) indicates a figure below one half of a percent.