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Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Supplementary on meat imports and need to have more consumer protection officers.

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

21 December 2000

Reference

360 c555

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what recent discussions he has had with his EU colleagues with regard to a EU-wide labelling of beef. - Inc ref to 21 July 2000 354 c372-3W.

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 November 2000

Reference

357 c877W; 141130

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what additional help he plans to offer British beef farmers affected by a loss in consumer confidence caused by the recent discovery of BSE cases in France and Germany.

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 November 2000

Reference

141129; 357 c877W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what examination his Department has undertaken of the extent to which traces of BSE are present in animals resident in hunt kennels. - (Holding answer 7 November 2000).

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 November 2000

Reference

137249; 357 c226W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on his response to the Phillips Report as it relates to the procedures for specified bovine offal removal, for (a) knackers' yards and (b) hunt kennels - (Holding answer 7 November 2000).

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 November 2000

Reference

137248; 357 c137W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will publish the most recent figures for confirmed BSE cases broken down by year of birth. - Includes figures.

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

1 November 2000

For answer on

2 November 2000

Answered on

2 November 2000

Mr. Drew: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish the most recent figures for confirmed BSE cases broken down by year of birth. [136913] Ms Quin: The position as at 30 October 2000 was as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year of birth Total number of confirmed cases 1974 1 1975 0 1976 2 1977 10 1978 6 1979 41 1980 101 1981 261 1982 1,393 1983 4,461 1984 8,067 1985 11,065 1986 19,732 1987 36,869 1988 22,186 1989 12,645 1990 5,640 1991 4,575 1992 3,155 1993 2,359 1994 1,206 1995 294 1996 {1}3 1997 0 1998 0 1999 0 Unknown 43,345 Total 177,416 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} A third case of BSE in an animal born in 1996 was confirmed on 30 October 2000. The animal was born in May 1996, before the feed ban is considered to have been fully effective.

Date

2 November 2000

Reference

136913; 355 c617-8W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Statement on his Ministry's spending plans are for the three years following the 2000 Spending Review; and if he will make a statement. - Includes figures and table, White Paper on 'Spending Review 2000: New Public Spending Plans 2001-2004 (Cm 4807) and ref to 340 c701-12.

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 July 2000

For answer on

24 July 2000

Answered on

24 July 2000

Mr. Drew: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what his Ministry's spending plans are for the three years following the 2000 Spending Review; and if he will make a statement. [132561] Mr. Nick Brown: The results of the Spending Review for MAFF are summarised in Chapter 16 of the White Paper on "Spending Review 2000: New Public Spending Plans 2001-2004" (Cm 4807). The key figures are as follows: £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2000-01 2000-02 2002-03 2003-04 Total DEL{1} of which: 804 963 1,048 1,081 Resource Budget 638 780 795 846 Capital Budget 166 183 253 235 Total AME{2} 1,488 1,582 1,529 1,536 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Departmental Expenditure Limit {2} Annually Managed Expenditure MAFF's aim has been amended to give a clearer and more focused picture of what the Department wants to achieve: good quality food which meets consumers' requirements; modern, sustainable, competitive farming and fisheries businesses; protection of the rural and marine environment and a thriving rural economy. I should like to explain how the Spending Review settlement will impact on MAFF's programmes over the next three years and assist the Department in pursuing its aims and objectives.Safe, good quality food MAFF's responsibility for handling food safety transferred in April with the creation of the new Food Standards Agency (FSA). But MAFF will continue to play a key role in ensuring there is good quality, safe food meeting consumer requirements. As well as its wider commitment to sponsoring all the industries in the food chain, MAFF will retain as a key priority tackling the threat from animal diseases that are transmissible to humans and threats to the health and welfare of farm animals. Over the next three years we will: continue to work towards the eradication of BSE, with a target by 2004 of being on track for fewer than 30 cases by 2006. We will introduce a scrapie control programme. This will comprise a ram genotyping programme, designed to encourage the use of scrapie resistant rams, and new testing and control measures. Consultation documents on the first stage of this programme, involving ram genotyping, will be issued on 28 July and copies will be placed in the Library of the House. We will pursue our strategy for controlling TB in cattle. There will be additional funding to increase testing in response to the spread of the disease, in line with EU requirements and veterinary advice. And we will complete the field trial of badger culling in 10 areas of high cattle TB incidence, as recommended by the Krebs review. We will also examine possible ways of enhancing other strands of the TB strategy in consultation with the TB Forum. We will complete work on extending the coverage of the Cattle Tracing System database from 40 per cent. of the GB herd to 100 per cent. Rural development and restructuring The Government set out on 7 December 1999, Official Report, columns 701-12, their long-term strategy for the future development of an agriculture industry that must be competitive, diverse and flexible, that must respond better to consumer demands (including those of the food industry), that must be more environmentally responsible and that must play an integral part in the wider rural economy. The £1.6 billion, seven-year England Rural Development Plan (ERDP) is a key component in the delivery of this strategy. Over the next three years we will spend a total of £600 million under the ERDP. This will be funded in part by redirecting (or modulating) CAP payments and matching them with further Government funding on a pound for pound basis. There will be extra money for the agri-environment schemes, allowing more farmland to be protected and enhanced under the Countryside Stewardship Scheme and approved for conversion to organic farming. And there will be a substantial increase in funding over the three years for measures to encourage diversification and restructuring. We will replace Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances by a new area-based scheme of support for hill farmers. We will also provide funding over the next three years for agricultural measures in the Objective 1 areas of Cornwall and the Scilly Isles, South Yorkshire and Merseyside. And there will be funding for rural regeneration projects under the new LEADER+ programme. The other major plank of the Government's strategy for agriculture is the Action Plan which was announced on 30 March 2000. We will carry forward the measures announced in that Action Plan by: providing an additional £40 million up to March 2003 for the Pig Industry Restructuring Scheme; maintaining the increased rate of grant under the Farm Waste Grant Scheme; continuing the new programme of business advice to farmers through the Business Link Partnership; providing additional funding for the applications currently being considered under the Agricultural Development Scheme; and making additional funding available for the development of an electronic portal for farming, providing access from a single source to information and interactive advice for farmers. Research and development We will maintain a strong and varied programme of research to support, inform and facilitate the implementation of MAFF's policies and its regulatory and environmental activities. Over the next three years we will: increase spending on research and surveillance on TSEs in sheep by a total of £26.2 million. There will also be an additional £10.5 million to invest in the facilities in which to carry out this research; invest in new and improved facilities at the Veterinary Laboratories Agency which will contribute to MAFF's programme of research on TSEs and research, diagnosis and surveillance in respect of other major animal diseases, including those transmissible to humans; and complete the procurement of a new marine research vessel to be used by MAFF's Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science in support of the Department's objectives on the conservation of fish stocks and sustaining the marine environment. We will shortly be conducting a major consultation on our Research Strategy for 2001-05. I shall consider the overall priorities for the whole research programme on the basis of that consultation, taking the advice of my new MAFF Science Committee, which will be launched soon. Improving services A key objective for MAFF over the next three years is to modernise the Department and make real and lasting improvements in the efficiency with which we deliver services to our stakeholders. The major initiative in this area will be the creation of a new CAP Payments Agency, for which there is additional provision of £130 million over the Spending Review period. The Agency will merge the paying agency functions of the Intervention Board and MAFF's Regional Service Centres to provide top quality customer service using modern electronic systems. I am making a separate announcement today on this exciting and challenging project. CAP reform We will continue to work with our European partners to secure further reform of the CAP which will increase the competitiveness of the whole food chain. To that end there will be additional funding to improve our policy analysis and enhance our capability to model the economic impact of CAP reform. Flood and coastal defence An additional £10 million in 2002-03 and £20 million in 2003-04 will be made available to local flood and coastal defence operating authorities for investment in maintaining and improving defences. There will also be additional funds for improving storm tide forecasting and warning systems. An in-depth review of the current arrangements for the funding and provision of flood and coastal defences will be completed in 2001. Fisheries Securing a sustainable future for the sea fishing industry remains a priority for MAFF. A total of £11 million will be made available for a three year programme of structural measures under the EU's Agenda 2000, including provision for safety training, encouragement of environmentally sustainable fishing, improvement in the quality of fish and support for regional fisheries management initiatives. Charging We will waive cattle passport charges for a further two years until March 2004. This waiver is worth around £18 million a year to the industry. As Minister responsible for co-ordinating the implementation of the Government's Action Plan for farming, I am considering with colleagues the recommendations of the task force which was set up to examine alternative approaches to charging for meat hygiene inspection, in response to concerns expressed by small and medium sized abattoirs. Conclusion Spending by MAFF in 2003-04 will be almost £280 million higher than in 2000-01, an average annual increase in real terms of more than 6 per cent. This fulfils the Government's pledge to introduce a significant programme of measures to help the environment, agricultural restructuring and the wider rural economy. And it reflects the continuing commitment to protecting public health, encouraging sustainable development and modernising service delivery.

Date

24 July 2000

Reference

354 c469-72W; 132561

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what access he has to the work of the Harvard University Center for Risk Analysis and United States Department of Agriculture on risk analysis relating to BSE. - (Holding answer 25 May 2000).

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 June 2000

Reference

123392; 352 c496W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what recent discussions he has had with the United States (a) Department of Agriculture and (b) Food and Drugs Administration on comprehensive risk analysis relating to BSE. None. (Holding answer 23 May 2000).

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 June 2000

Reference

123391; 352 c40W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will establish an inquiry into the feeding of specified risk material to the hounds of the Exmoor Foxhounds. - No. (Holding answer 23 May 2000).

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 June 2000

Reference

123471; 351 c37W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many cases there have been of hunts being (a) prosecuted, (b) given a verbal warning and (c) given a written warning over feeding specified risk material to packs of hounds in each of the last three years. - Inc figures...

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 June 2000

Reference

123472; 351 c37W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will review the controls on the materials that hunts may feed their animals, with particular reference to specified risk material. - (Holding answer 22 May 2000).

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 May 2000

Reference

123137; 350 c552W;350 c554W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will publish the advice his Department offers to hunts on the deadstock that can be fed to packs of hounds. - (Holding answer 22 May 2000).

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 May 2000

Reference

123168; 350 c552W;350 c554W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what discussions he has had with the French Minister for Agriculture on the increased incidence of BSE and CJD in France. - (Holding answer 14 February 2000).

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 March 2000

Reference

345 c716W; 109850

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what discussions he has had with the European Commission about the increased incidence of BSE and CJD in France. - Inc ref to 344 c969W, 22 February 2000. (Holding answer 14 February 2000).

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 March 2000

Reference

345 c530W; 109851

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on how many cases in each of the last two years of (a) BSE-infected material and (b) TB-infected material have been discovered to be in livestock imported into this country; and if he will list...

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 February 2000

Reference

107380; 345 c25W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what criteria determine whether the European Commission intervenes in respect of the problem of BSE and CJD in a member state. - (Holding answer 14 February 2000).

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 February 2000

Reference

109852; 344 c668W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many visits were made to each hunt kennel in the last two years by (a) his Department's veterinary surgeons and (b) his Department's officials. - (Holding answer 13 December 1999).

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 January 2000

Reference

343 c9W; 102541

House

House of Commons

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