Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Michael Moore (Liberal Democrat), on Wednesday, 24 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 19 members in total.

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ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION OF SHEEP AND GOATS

That this House welcomes the call made by the European Parliament's Agricultural Committee for an amnesty of three years on cross-compliance penalties relating to electronic identification of sheep and goats; notes that the committee made this call because this is a new and complex technology which will require some time for farmers to become accustomed to and for the systems to be road-tested; believes that such an amnesty would remove the current threat of high fines which Scottish farmers and crofters face as they struggle to cope with technology which has been shown to be far from perfect; and calls on the Government to seek the agreement of the European Commission for the early introduction of such an amnesty in the UK.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1184 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Lynne Jones

Alistair Carmichael

Mike Hancock

John Hemming

Subjects

Animals Agriculture

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk