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Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will introduce a requirement for (a) pork and (b) bacon sold in the United Kingdom to be provided on a basis that meets British welfare regulations to ensure that United Kingdom animal welfare measures are not circumvented by import...

Asked by

David Davis (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 July 1998

Reference

50699; 316 c695W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he takes to assess the quality of foreign meat imported to the United Kingdom; if he will comment the measures he is taking to ensure that imported beef meets United Kingdom beef production regulations.

Asked by

Nigel Evans (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 July 1998

Reference

315 c316W; 48854;48855

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many cases of BSE have been confirmed in live dairy stock imported from EU countries. - Inc fig.

Asked by

Owen Paterson (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 March 1998

Reference

33878; 308 c301W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what checks are made on meat imports from other EU countries which originate from non-EU countries.

Asked by

James Paice (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 February 1998

Reference

29308; 306 c437W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what studies his Department has undertaken concerning the incidence of meat and meat products from other EU countries which originated from non-EU countries but have been relabelled as of EU origin.

Asked by

James Paice (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 February 1998

Reference

29307; 306 c437W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what tests are carried out on imported meat to ensure that substances banned for use on United Kingdom meat are identified.

Asked by

Charlotte Atkins (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 January 1998

For answer on

29 January 1998

Answered on

29 January 1998

Charlotte Atkins: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what tests are carried out on imported meat to ensure that substances banned for use on United Kingdom meat are identified. [25043] Mr. Rooker: Member states are required to test meat for a wide range of veterinary drugs, including banned substances and are responsible for implementing and policing the relevant directives in respect of their own national production. Veterinary experts from the Commission may make on-the-spot checks to ensure that they are being uniformly applied in all member states. Any third country wishing to export fresh meat to the European Union must submit residue testing plans to the Commission. These describe the residue testing programme to be undertaken in respect of their meat production and must provide guarantees which are at least equivalent to the requirements of the Community on EC producers in respect of the banned substances. Any third country which permits the use of growth promoting hormones, banned in the European community since 1988, is required to guarantee that no animals and no meat coming from animals to which they have been administered will be exported to the Community. Imports must be certified accordingly, and Commission inspectors verify compliance with all the requirements when they carry out periodic checks on third-country slaughterhouses authorised to produce meat for export to the Community. Port health authorities, or local authorities in their absence, are responsible under directive 90/675/EEC for checking 1 per cent. of all imported meat and meat products for residues of veterinary medicines and the banned substances.

Date

29 January 1998

Reference

25043; 305 c350-1W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

1st supplementary on same.

Asked by

Robert Walter (Conservative)

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

22 January 1998

Reference

304 c1136;304 c1138

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Answered by

Lord Rooker (Labour)

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

22 January 1998

Reference

304 c1136;304 c1138

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Answered by

Lord Rooker (Labour)

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

22 January 1998

Reference

304 c1136;304 c1138

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, If he will comment on beef imports from the European Union.

Asked by

Robert Walter (Conservative)

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

22 January 1998

Reference

304 c1136;304 c1138; 22313

House

House of Commons

Donoughue, Lord

Whether they intend to extend the ban on the importation of beef into the European Community to the importation of beef from each of North America, Australia, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, New Zealand, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and any other non-EC...

Asked by

Lord Hooson (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 January 1998

Reference

584 c184WA

House

House of Lords

Donoughue, Lord

Further to the Written Answer by Lord Donoughue on 21 July, 581 c148-9WA, why they did not immediately implement a ban on the importation of all fresh meat and meat products that failed to come up to the required British standards on or before that date.

Asked by

Earl of Haddington (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 January 1998

Reference

584 c183-4WA

House

House of Lords

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the approximate weight and value of (a) the total fish catch of member states of the European Community, (b) fish consumption by member states, (c) total imports of fish from third nations and (d) exports of fish...

Asked by

Austin Mitchell (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

11 December 1997

For answer on

19 December 1997

Answered on

19 December 1997

Mr. Mitchell: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the approximate weight and value of (a) the total fish catch of member states of the European Community, (b) fish consumption by member states, (c) total imports of fish from third nations and (d) exports of fish to third nations in each year from 1990 to 1996; and for each year what percentage (a) was of (b). [20972] Mr. Morley: The available information, which has been produced by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations and Eurostat, is set out in the tables. For parts (a) and (b) data have been given for years 1990 to 1995; data for 1996 are currently unavailable from FAO. Data are given for all years even though not all the current 15 Member States have been part of the European Community for the whole of this period. The information requested relating to the value of the total fish catch of Member States of the European Community and fish consumption by Member States is not available. Part A: The total fish catch Figures refer to all fishing areas Metric tons in live weight (thousands) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Austria 4.8 4.5 4.1 4.6 4.5 4.5 Belgium 42.0 40.7 40.0 36.9 35.1 36.4 Denmark 1,517.7 1,793.3 1,996.3 1,655.8 1,916.4 2,041.1 Finland {}160.4 {}147.4 {}169.7 173.8 181.0 184.8 France 869.4 819.1 821.0 860.4 852.8 793.4 Germany 390.7 303.4 307.2 316.4 272.8 298.0 Greece 146.4 156.8 179.2 199.1 223.4 198.2 Ireland 239.3 264.9 275.7 308.1 319.2 412.7 Italy 525.5 552.2 558.3 564.7 576.0 609.8 Netherlands 507.2 458.8 487.1 532.9 529.6 521.4 Portugal 323.1 325.9 299.6 293.7 269.8 265.5 Spain{1} 1,304.0 1,273.0 1,260.0 1,255.0 1,372.0 1,320.0 Sweden 260.1 245.0 314.7 347.8 394.2 412.2 United Kingdom 810.2 851.5 869.9 929.0 963.6 1,003.7 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: {1} FAO forecast. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Part B: Total consumption of fish and other marine resources-- FAO estimates Metric tons in live weight (thousands) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Austria 71.0 72.2 80.1 77.9 n/a n/a Belgium/ 196.0 194.1 202.9 187.2 202.0 215.0 Luxembourg Denmark 100.5 105.0 109.8 103.3 n/a n/a Finland 163.8 163.4 164.8 163.4 172.0 168.7 France 1,737.1 1,696.3 1,654.4 1,592.4 1,582.3 1,537.2 Germany 1,046.4 981.7 1,026.5 987.2 1,060.4 1,052.3 Greece 213.0 218.6 232.4 245.9 279.4 254.4 Ireland 57.6 53.2 60.4 64.2 69.7 n/a Italy 1,223.3 1,298.1 1,255.1 1,225.6 1,230.1 1,245.0 Netherlands 162.5 155.3 202.8 210.0 215.3 222.7 Portugal 582.4 605.8 570.7 584.8 575.2 572.7 Spain 1,351.1 1,339.2 1,373.5 1,407.0 1,457.2 1,445.7 Sweden 233.5 230.4 229.0 234.7 248.1 n/a UK 1,107.5 1,082.5 1,111.7 1,099.8 1,121.6 1,113.0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: n/a= no data available. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The total fish catch as a percentage of fish and other marine resources consumption Percentages _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Austria 6.8 6.2 5.1 5.9 n/a n/a Belgium/ 21.4 21.0 19.7 19.7 17.4 169 Luxembourg Denmark 1,510.1 1,707.4 1,817.6 1,603.5 n/a n/a Finland 97.9 90.2 102.9 106.4 105.3 109.5 France 50.0 48.3 49.6 54.0 53.9 51.6 Germany 37.3 30.9 29.9 32.1 25.7 28.3 Greece 68.7 71.7 77.1 81.0 80.0 77.9 Ireland 415.5 498.2 456.8 479.5 458.2 n/a Italy 43.0 42.5 44.5 46.1 46.8 49.0 Netherlands 312.1 295.4 240.2 253.8 246.0 234.1 Portugal 55.5 53.8 52.5 50.2 46.9 46.4 Spain 96.5 95.1 91.7 89.2 94.2 91.3 Sweden 111.4 106.3 137.4 148.2 158.9 n/a UK 73.2 78.7 78.2 84.5 85.9 90.2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: n/a = no data available. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Date

19 December 1997

Reference

20972; 303 c372-3W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will give a breakdown of the country of origin of beef imports in the last 12 months for which figures are available. - Inc table.

Asked by

Lembit Opik (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 December 1997

For answer on

18 December 1997

Answered on

18 December 1997

Mr. Opik: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give a breakdown of the country of origin of beef imports in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [20256] Mr. Rooker: UK beef imports for the period September 1996 to August 1997 as recorded in the Overseas Trade Statistics are shown in the table. For trade within the European Community, it is not possible to give a breakdown by country of origin. Instead data are shown by the country from which the goods were despatched. UK beef imports from September 1996 to August 1997 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Carcass Meat Offal Prepared or preserved All beef Country of Tonnes £000 Tonnes £000 Tonnes £000 Tonnes £000 despatch{1 } EC Irish 51,979 110,269 4,460 2,344 14,225 28,900 70,664 141,513 Republic Netherland 15,567 34,050 1,822 1,491 197 690 17,585 36,231 s Germany 7,457 12,498 799 331 75 66 8,331 12,895 France 4,471 7,692 1,472 708 -- -- 5,942 8,400 Belgium- 1,495 2,666 -- -- -- -- 1,495 2,666 Luxembourg Spain 1,003 2,331 129 38 -- -- 1,133 2,369 Denmark 502 1,227 -- -- -- -- 502 1,227 Italy 248 381 68 21 -- -- 316 401 Other 585 1,459 668 403 757 3,229 2,010 5,091 Non-EC Country of origin Brazil 3,875 12,851 -- -- 34,292 54,324 38,167 67,175 Argentina 9,007 17,518 -- -- 15,176 23,086 24,182 40,604 Uruguay 11,584 22,476 -- -- 4,542 6,122 16,126 28,598 Australia 7,860 25,279 421 429 -- -- 8,281 25,708 Zimbabwe 5,060 17,138 -- -- 2,316 4,286 7,376 21,424 Botswana 5,669 16,329 -- -- 320 672 5,989 17,001 Namibia 4,792 15,722 -- -- -- -- 4,792 15,722 New 4,588 7,893 254 299 -- -- 4,842 8,192 Zealand Mauritius -- -- -- -- 3,262 5,584 3,262 5,584 U.S.A. 1,382 3,701 57 30 -- -- 1,439 3,731 Other 528 1,815 768 749 429 761 1,586 2,986 Total imports from EC countries 83,307 172,572 9,417 5,336 15,253 32,886 107,978 210,793 Total imports from non-EC countries 54,344 140,721 1,500 1,507 60,335 94,836 116,180 237,064 Total UK imports 137,866 313,515 10,966 6,904 75,628 127,780 224,459 448,199 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Some trade may originate from outside the European Community. All data is provisional and subject to amendment.

Date

18 December 1997

Reference

20256; 303 c299-300W

House

House of Commons

Donoughue, Lord

What measures they are taking to ensure that meat products imported from the European Union are of the same high standard as that presently adopted in the United Kingdom; and if these meat products are not of the same standard, what measures they will take to encourage the attainment of...

Asked by

Earl of Haddington (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 July 1997

Reference

581 c148-9WA

House

House of Lords

Donoughue, Lord

Whether they have studied the report in the Sunday Times of 1 June which indicated that beef imported into the UK from EU states carried a high risk of being infected by BSE; and whether they will seek a ban on the export of beef by those states. (Question asked on behalf of Lord Wyatt of Weeford).

Asked by

Lord Bruce of Donington (Labour)

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

16 June 1997

Reference

580 c1069-70

House

House of Lords

Donoughue, Lord

Answered by

Lord Donoughue (Labour)

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

16 June 1997

Reference

580 c1069-70

House

House of Lords

Donoughue, Lord

Answered by

Lord Donoughue (Labour)

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

16 June 1997

Reference

580 c1069-70

House

House of Lords

Donoughue, Lord

1st supplementary on contention that EC acted illegally over beef ban and pursuing legal action through European Court of Justice.

Asked by

Lord Bruce of Donington (Labour)

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

16 June 1997

Reference

580 c1069-70

House

House of Lords

Donoughue, Lord

Statement on what action they will take in the light of the EU Commission's statement that other member states are not taking enough precautions against the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee's latest advice. - Includes fact that SEAC advice in Library and consultation on existing controls on sheep and goats, and...

Asked by

Lord Gallacher (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 June 1997

Reference

580 c51-3WA

House

House of Lords

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