Just to correct the hon. Gentleman on a small point, it is not a matter of fragmentation. When the Labour Government introduced horse passports, there were 93 passport-issuing authorities and that number has been reduced to 75. So it is nothing to do with fragmentation. The system was flawed before it started.
Horsemeat
Proceeding contribution from
James Gray
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 30 January 2013.
It occurred during Adjournment debate on Horsemeat.
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