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Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will comment on his reasons for seeking to bring the English and Scottish policies into line on the use, consumption and production of unpasteurised milk.

Asked by

Michael Jack (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 1997

Reference

16379; 301 c21-2W

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the numbers of cows (a) exported from Northern Ireland (b) slaughtered in Northern Ireland and sold for human consumption and (c) slaughtered and incinerated in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years and in the...

Asked by

William Ross (Ulster Unionist Party)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

29 October 1997

For answer on

10 November 1997

Answered on

10 November 1997

Mr. William-Ross: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the numbers of cows (a) exported from Northern Ireland (b) slaughtered in Northern Ireland and sold for human consumption and (c) slaughtered and incinerated in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years and in the current year to date. [14051] Mr. Murphy: The information requested is as follows: A. Export{1} of cows from Northern Ireland _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 1992 456 1993 68 1994 112 1995 222 1996 {2}5,261 1997 (to date) {2}5,295 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Includes exports to GB {2} Animals exported to GB for cull under the Over Thirty Months Scheme. B. Cows slaughtered in Northern Ireland and sold for human consumption _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 1992 64,116 1993 60,686 1994 66,206 1995 69,523 1996 16,774 1997 (to date) {1}193 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} From 29 March no animals over 30 months of age were slaughtered and used for human consumption on /SEAC advice. The 1997 figure represents animals which calved and were later slaughtered before reaching 30 months of age. C. Cows slaughtered and incinerated {1} in Northern Ireland _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 1992 392 1993 587 1994 456 1995 222 1996 127 1997 (to date) 42 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Totals include heifers. For sake of completeness, the number of cows slaughtered and their carcasses rendered (but not yet incinerated) under the Over-Thirty-Months' Scheme: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 1996 86,381 1997 (to date) 66,827 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Subjects

Cattle; Export; Northern Ireland; Livestock; Waste disposal; Slaughterhouses; BSE

Date

10 November 1997

Reference

14051; 300 c395-6W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidelines his Department issues to those handling tissue from the nervous system of cows infected with BSE.

Asked by

Paul Flynn (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

28 October 1997

For answer on

6 November 1997

Answered on

6 November 1997

Mr. Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what guidelines his Department issues to those handling tissue from the nervous system of cows infected with BSE; and if he will make a statement. [13805] Angela Eagle: Occupational exposure to the agent BSE in nervous tissue may occur during work in research laboratories, post mortem rooms and during the slaughter and disposal of infected cattle. In view of the uncertainty about the risks from BSE, prudent and precautionary worker safety measures have been recommended since 1989. Guidance has been prepared on behalf of the Health and Safety Commission, the Department of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP). Guidance from ACDP on the health and safety requirements for laboratory and post mortem workers was published in 1994. It recommends the use of special containment conditions, safety equipment and decontamination measures for all work with BSE. General ACDP guidance for other occupational groups was published in August 1996. It recommends the maintenance of high standards of occupational hygiene when working with cattle and new methods of working to avoid or minimise exposure to tissues of cattle that may carry the agent of BSE infectivity. Copies have been deposited in the House of Commons Library. Recent evidence on the link between BSE and the new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (nvCJD) in humans means that BSE must now be considered a biological agent (human pathogen) within the meaning of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 1994. ACDP have advised that to date there is no evidence of occupational transmission of either BSE or CJD and that none of the cases of nvCJD has any obvious link with occupational exposure to BSE. ACDP consider that the existing published guidance on BSE continues to provide adequate control. The 1994 guidance is being revised and updated in any event and will be published early in 1998.

Subjects

Codes of practice; Health and safety; BSE

Date

6 November 1997

Reference

13805; 300 c280W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is the total number of cows of each identifiable breed in (a) the national dairy herd and (b) the national suckler herd.

Asked by

Christopher Gill (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

4 November 1997

Reference

14178; 300 c135W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will publish figures to show the incidence of BSE (a) in mainland Britain and (b) in the Channel Islands among (i) Jersey cows and (ii) other breeds. - Includes tables.

Asked by

Tom Levitt (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

24 October 1997

For answer on

27 October 1997

Answered on

27 October 1997

Mr. Levitt: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish figures to show the incidence of BSE (a) in mainland Britain and (b) in the Channel Islands among (i) Jersey cows and (ii) other breeds. [12764] Mr. Rooker: The number of confirmed cases of BSE in Jersey and non-Jersey cattle in Great Britain as at 21 October 1997 are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number Jersey 1,472 Jersey cross breeds 147 Non-Jersey 167,640 Total 169,259 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. These figures include cases reported before the 1988 BSE order. Channel Islands authorities compile their own BSE statistics, which they supply to MAFF. My Department receives only cumulative figures of confirmed cases, the most recent being: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number As at Jersey 132 10 October 1997 Guernsey 648 19 October 1997 Alderney 2 26 June 1995 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. For logistical reasons not all suspects slaughtered on Guernsey have been subjected to laboratory confirmation of disease. Some have been confirmed solely on the basis of clinical signs.

Subjects

Channel Islands; BSE

Date

27 October 1997

Reference

12764; 299 c707-8W

House

House of Commons

The Strategic Defence Review

The strategic defence review. House of Commons Library Research Paper 97/106.

Type

Commons Briefing paper

Date

23 October 1997

Reference

RP97-106

BSE and CJD update;POST technical report,103

BSE and CJD update. POST technical report 103. POST. 1997.

Type

POSTnote

Date

1 October 1997

Reference

POST-PN-103

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

What estimate he has made of (a) the backlog of cattle awaiting slaughter under the over 30 month scheme as a result of the reduction in the number of designated abattoirs and (b) the total loss to farmers through being unable to get cattle slaughtered before the new price and...

Asked by

David Curry (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

For answer on

29 July 1997

Answered on

29 July 1997

Mr. Curry: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what estimate he has made of (a) the backlog of cattle awaiting slaughter under the over-30-months scheme as a result of the reduction in the number of designated abattoirs and (b) the total loss to farmers through being unable to get cattle slaughtered before the new price and weight regime applies in August. [11252] Dr. Jack Cunningham: there is no backlog of over-30-months scheme cattle awaiting slaughter as a result of the reduction in the number of abattoirs. In the months of July and August, around 15,000 over-30-months cattle are normally slaughtered each week, and the Intervention Board has made available the capacity to handle 16,000 OTMS cattle a week in the scheme abattoirs. The reduction in the rate of compensation and the introduction of a weight limit, which are effective from 4 August, has resulted in significantly increased demand for the scheme because some farmers have brought forward their cull plans to try and benefit from the existing compensation arrangements. The Intervention Board has increased the amount of scheme slaughtering capacity by around 20 per cent. in the two weeks immediately proceeding the rate change to assist producers, and has also issued instructions to scheme abattoirs to ensure, as far as possible, that producers are treated equitably and fairly. It is inevitable that some producers will be disappointed, but it would have been self-defeating for the Government to support a reduction in the scheme rate, and at the same time, take steps to minimise the number of cattle adversely affected by it. The effect of the change in the scheme rate and the introduction of a weight restriction will reduce the return for a dairy cow weighting 560 kg by around £40, and for a suckler cow weighing 620 kg by around £80.

Subjects

Disease control; BSE

Date

29 July 1997

Reference

11252; 299 c115-6W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

What proportion of cattle slaughtered under the over 30 month cattle slaughter scheme during 1997 were cull cows.

Asked by

Julian Lewis (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

28 July 1997

Reference

10161; 299 c19W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

What consultations he undertook with the farming industry before imposing the recently-announced price reductions and maximum weight limit under the over 30 month cattle slaughter scheme.

Asked by

Julian Lewis (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

28 July 1997

Reference

10163; 299 c19-20W

House

House of Commons

Jay of Paddington, Baroness

Whether cows now being genetically engineered to produce human blood components are free of BSE, and how this freedom from BSE has been established.

Asked by

Lord Kennet (Labour)

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

22 July 1997

Reference

581 c159-60WA

House

House of Lords

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

What estimate he has made of the percentage of the total Government expenditure relating to the BSE crisis which reaches farmers. - Inc figs.

Asked by

Colin Pickthall (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

21 July 1997

Reference

9540; 298 c462W;298 c460W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

If he will list the changes in the level of payment and terms for cattle entering the over 30 month scheme since its introduction. - Table given.

Asked by

Alan W Williams (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

For answer on

21 July 1997

Answered on

21 July 1997

Mr. Alan W. Williams: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the changes in the level of payment and terms for cattle entering the over-30-months scheme since its introduction. [8929] Mr. Rooker: The information requested is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Basic rate in ecu/kg Sterling rate for cull Sterling rate for cull Sterling Sterling cows and bulls cows and bulls rate for rate for liveweight £/kg deadweight £/kg clean clean cattle cattle liveweight deadweight £/kg £/kg Date Cows Bulls Cows Bulls Cows Bulls 29 April 1996 1.0 0.86 1.71 1.11 2.22 18 June 1996 1.0 0.86 1.71 1.01 2.02 1 July 1996 1.0 0.83 1.66 0.98 1.96 14 July 1996 1.0 0.83 1.66 0.93 1.86 5 August 1996 1.0 0.83 1.66 1.41 0.93 1.58 1 September 1996 1.0 0.83 1.66 1.41 0.88 1.50 21 October 1996 0.9 0.75 1.50 1.28 0.80 1.36 1 November 1996 0.9 0.73 1.46 1.24 0.78 1.33 2 November 1996 0.9 0.73 1.46 1.24 0.73 1.24 1 February 1997 0.9 0.69 1.38 1.17 0.69 1.17 1 April 1997 0.9 0.67 1.34 1.14 0.67 1.14 1 July 1997 0.9 0.65 1.30 1.10 0.65 1.10 4 August 1997 0.8 0.9 0.58 0.65 1.15 1.10 0.65 1.10 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1. The sterling rate of compensation has been reduced on six occasions as a result of green pound fluctuations. 2. Compensation is fixed in terms of payments per kilogram live weight. Where cattle are not weighed live, a coefficient --of 2 for cows and 1.7 for all other cattle--is applied to the recorded dead weight. 3. A degressive top-up payment for clean cattle--heifers and steers--originally set at 25p/kg was available for the first six months of the scheme. The original top-up payment is still available for clean cattle that were over 30 months of age on 17 June 1996. 4. With effect from 25 November 1996, the minimum period during which an animal has to be present on a UK holding before becoming eligible for the scheme was increased from three months to six months. 5. With effect from 4 August 1997, payment will be limited to a maximum weight of 560 kg per animal. 6. All basic rates of payment in ecu or sterling apply to cows and bulls unless otherwise indicated.

Subjects

Compensation; Cattle; Disease; Disease control; BSE

Date

21 July 1997

Reference

8929; 298 c460-2W;298 c460W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

What estimate he has made of the cost to farmers of the introduction of the weight limit on cull cattle compensation. - Inc figs.

Asked by

Colin Pickthall (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

21 July 1997

Reference

9542; 298 c461W;298 c459-60W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

If he will list the (a) target and (b) performance data percentage for each of the services provided by (i) the Regional Service Centre in Exeter and (ii) the Truro office of the Regional Service Centre in each year since 1992. - Inc table.

Asked by

Lord Tyler (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

For answer on

21 July 1997

Answered on

21 July 1997

Mr. Tyler: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the (a) target and (b) performance data percentage for each of the services provided by (i) the Regional service centre in Exeter and (ii) the Truro office of the Regional service centre in each year since 1992. [9658] Mr. Morley: Performance targets were introduced for some schemes in 1993-94 in "Commitment to Service" as part of the citizen's charter arrangements. Further schemes were covered subsequently. Information on the main common agricultural policy and other schemes in the south-west region is as follows: Performance data for South West RSC (all figures shown as percentages) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Scheme Target 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 Administered from Exeter Arable Area Payments Advanced oilseed payments Scheme made by end -- 100 n/a 100 September Final oilseed -- 100 n/a 100 payments made within 60 days of publication of rate by EU Main payments made -- 100 73 99 between 16 October and 31 December Five-year Setaside Scheme Claims received by 100 100 100 100 30 September paid by 15 December Hill Livestock Compensatory Claims paid within 96 83 74 95 Allowances three months of receipt Sheep Annual Premium Scheme Final payment made 86 94 99 96 by the end of the April following scheme year (or if rate not fixed until after 1 April, within one month of public announcement of rate) Suckler Cow Premium Scheme Advanced payments -- 99 99 99 to be made within three months of scheme closing date; balance to be paid by 30 June Beef Special Premium Scheme Advanced payments -- 98 97 98 made by 15 December if retention period completed by 1 November, otherwise within six weeks of end of retention period Balance payments -- -- 99 100 made by 30 June in year following claim Applications -- 99 98 99 processed and CIDs issued within 10 working days of receipt Premium claimed -- 99 99 99 CIDs returned before end of retention period Farm Woodland Premium Applications 100 100 100 100 accepted or rejected within 1 month of receipt Scheme Claims received by 100 {1}0 100 100 1 August paid between 17 October; those received after 1 August paid within three months of receipt Environmentally Sensitive Applications: in -- 99 100 100 Areas--Dartmoor and first year Blackdown Hills{3} agreement or rejection of application six months after end of application period; for existing claims, within four months Claims: received by -- 54 95 100 1 October paid by 30 November except Stage IV claims (Blackdown Hills) received by 1 March paid by 30 April Conservation Plan -- 100 100 100 applications: accepted or rejected within three months of receipt or completion of Management Agreement (whichever is later) Conservation Plan -- 100 100 100 claims: paid within two months of receipt Administered from Truro{4} Agricultural Improvement Claims paid within 100 100 100 100 Scheme three months of receipt Farm and Conservation Applications {2}95 98 100 -- Grants Scheme (Capital accepted or rejected within four months of receipt Grants) 1991 Claims paid within {2}98 99 100 100 three months of receipt Farm and Conservation Plan Claims paid {2}-- 100 69 100 within three months of receipt Grants Scheme (Capital Non-plan claims {2}-- 99 100 43 Grants) 1989 paid within three months of receipt Environmentally Sensitive Applications: in 100 100 100 66 Areas--West Penwith first year agreement or rejection of application 6 months after end of application period; for existing claims, within four months Claims: received by 100 100 100 99 1 October paid by 30 November except Stage IV claims (Blackdown Hills) received by 1 March paid by 30 April Conservation Plan -- 100 100 90 applications: accepted or rejected within three months of receipt or completion of Management Agreement (whichever is later) Conservation Plan -- 100 100 66 claims: paid within two months of receipt _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Due to a combination of changes in FEOGA reimbursement dates and the difficulties of linkage with charter targets and payment dates, a large proportion of payments were made after target date for 1994-95. {2} Data for 1989 and 1991 schemes aggregated. {3} Not designated until 1994. {4} Performance in respect of countryside stewardship scheme and objective 5(b) is not covered by the citizens charter. n/a not available.

Subjects

Exeter; Standard; Truro; Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Date

21 July 1997

Reference

9658; 298 c464-6W;298 c462-4W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Statement on assessment he has made of the study from Oxford University on horizontal transmission of BSE, with particular regard to its relationship to stocking density. - Inc ref to paper from Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge (in Library). (DEP/3 5201).

Asked by

Martyn Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

For answer on

17 July 1997

Answered on

17 July 1997

Mr. Martyn Jones: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made of the study from Oxford University on horizontal transmission of BSE, with particular regard to its relationship to stocking density; and if he will make a statement. [8695] Mr. Rooker: Professor Anderson, who heads the team at Oxford University, was a member of the epidemiology sub group of the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC) which advised Government on maternal transmission. That advice was made public through a MAFF press notice issued on 18 April 1997, copies of which are available in the Library of the House. I understand that Professor Anderson's team are shortly to publish further papers. Professor Anderson has recently been reported as saying that the higher incidents of BSE in larger herds, as compared with smaller herds, could be due to one of two factors, either: (i) greater use of concentrated cattle feed in larger herds; or (ii) horizontal transmission from cow to cow as opposed to maternal transmission which is from a cow to its own calf. Professor Anderson went on to say that he was not able, on the basis of the information available to him, to distinguish between these two hypotheses. The variation in risk according to herd size is one of a number of observations first published by scientists from the Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge in the Veterinary Record in 1992. I am putting a copy of that paper in the Library of the House. The view of my own advisers is that the more likely explanation for the higher incidents in the larger herds is more intensive use of animal feed in such herds as this ties in with certain other epidemiological observations, including the fact that a number of large herds which had a high incidence of BSE have, as a result of changing feed patterns, eradicated BSE within those herds which had been free for some years. This explanation argues in favour of the feed rather than the horizontal transmission hypothesis. I must emphasise that Professor Anderson was talking about research findings not yet published and I will of course look to the independent advisory committee, SEAC, for further analysis of this work.

Subjects

Research; BSE

Date

17 July 1997

Reference

8695; 298 c277W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

By how much he plans to reduce BSE compensation payments; and what assessment he has made of the effect of this proposal on farmers who rear late developing store cattle.

Asked by

Desmond Swayne (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

10 July 1997

Reference

7321; 297 c544W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

What progress his Department has made in meeting the service delivery targets set out in Commitment to Service - inc tables.

Asked by

George Turner (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

For answer on

8 July 1997

Answered on

8 July 1997

Dr. George Turner: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what progress his Department has made in meeting the service delivery targets set out in "Commitment to Service". [7544] Dr. John Cunningham: The following table sets out the performance achieved by Regional Service Centres against the targets set in "Commitment to Service", second edition. RCS performance data percentage for financial year 1996-97 (unless otherwise specified) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Total Arable Area Payments Scheme Main payments 99 Oilseeds Advanced payments 99 Final payments 99 Beef Special Premium Scheme Advance payments (1996) 98 Balance payments (1995) 99 CID applications issued (1996) 99 Premium paid CIDs issued (1996) 99 Suckler Cow Premium Scheme Balance payments 1995 99 Advance payments 1996 99 Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances Claims 1996 97 Sheep Annual Premium Scheme Claims marketing year 1996{1} 97 Agricultural Improvement Scheme Plan claims 100 Environmentally Sensitive Areas Applications 97 Claims 99 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Environmentally Sensitive Areas Conservation Plan _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Applications 97 Claims 98 Farm and Conservation Grant Scheme 1989 Plan claims 99 Non plan claims{2} 58 Farm and Conservation Grant Scheme 1991 Plan claims 97 Farm Woodland Premium Scheme Applications 94 Claims (1996) 99 Injurious Weeds Complaints 99 Pilot Nitrate Sensitive Areas Scheme Claims (1996) 100 New Nitrate Sensitive Areas Scheme Applications (1996) 93 Claims 98 Protection of Badgers Act 1992 Licence applications 99 Five Year Set Aside Scheme Claims 100 Strychnine Permits Applications 97 Agricultural Wage Inspections Complaints 91 Wildlife and Countryside Act Licence applications 98 Correspondence Answered within 10 working days 97 Complaints Numbers receiving response within 10 working days 88 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: {1} Final payments made by 30 April 1997. {2} The relatively high failure rate for F and CGS 1989 non-plan claims is due to a large number of claims being received in the month before the scheme closed, making it impossible to meet the Charter target in many cases. 1. The total percentage has been calculated by setting the entire number of applications or claims cleared within the target time, against the total number received. Applications and claims not cleared due to reasons beyond our control (incorrect information supplied by applicant, etc.) are not included as failures to meet target. 2. The Farm and Conservation Grant Scheme (1991) Plan applications, the Farm Diversification Grant Scheme (Capital Items) Claims, and the Farm Diversification Grant Scheme (Feasibility and Marketing) Claims have all been omitted from the table, as the numbers involved are de-minimis. 3. Three complaints were referred to the MAFF Adjudicator during the year. Two of these complaints were resolved, the other was referred to the Minister. One complaint from a previous year has been referred to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and is currently under investigation.

Subjects

Government departments; Standards; Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Date

8 July 1997

Reference

7544; 297 c410-1W

House

House of Commons

Welsh Office

If he will ensure that, in reviews of the Common Agricultural Policy (a) the future of Hill Livestock Compensatory allowances is safeguarded and (b) such allowances are at adequate levels to sustain the agricultural activity of the less favourite areas.

Asked by

Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru)

Answering body

Welsh Office

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

8 July 1997

Reference

6388; 297 c392-3W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

What estimate he has made of the reduction in farmers' incomes that will result from the most recently announced reduction in the cull cow compensation rate.

Asked by

Viscount Hailsham (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

4 July 1997

Reference

6687; 297 c296-7W

House

House of Commons