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Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

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Mr. Michael J. Foster: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list those hunt kennels which have been reported to his Department as having unsatisfactory SRM surveillance audits during (a) 1997 and (b) 1998; and if he will make a statement on the resultant health risk to animals. [44795] Mr. Rooker: Those hunt kennels reported as having unsatisfactory surveillance visits in respect of Specified Risk Material legislation during (a) 1997 and (b) 1998 (up to 27 May) are listed. The fact that failures have occurred does not necessarily mean that there has been a risk either to animal or to public health. Visits may be recorded as unsatisfactory for a variety of reasons, including minor, technical and short-lived problems, for example inadequate record keeping. Following an unsatisfactory visit the operator of the premises is required to take immediate remedial action. A further unannounced visit is made shortly afterwards to check that this has been carried out satisfactorily. Unsatisfactory Visits To Hunt Kennels--1997 Sandhurst and Aldershot Beagles Wishton Cottage RMA Sandhurst Camberley Surrey Puckeridge Hunt Brent Pelham Hall Buntingford Hertfordshire Holderness Hunt Kennels Main Street Etton Beverley North Humberside HU17 7PG Chiddingfold Leconfield and Cowdray Foxhounds Hunt Kennels Petworth West Sussex Bramham Moor Hunt Kennels Hope Hall Bramham Moor Bramham, Boston Spa West Yorkshire Pennine Foxhounds Upper Snape Farm Harder Mill Road Meltham, Huddersfield West Yorkshire Llangibby Foxhounds Hunt Kennels LLangibby Usk Gwent Belvoir Hunt Kennels Woolsthorpe by Belvoir Grantham Lincolnshire NG31 6QG The Kennels Brocklesby Park Habrough South Humberside DN37 8PJ Zetland Hunt Kennels The Kennels Aldborough St. John Richmond North Yorkshire Tedworth Foxhounds The Kennels Westcourt Burbage, Marlborough Wiltshire SN8 3BW Stevenstone Foxhounds The Old Kennels Torrington Station Torrington Devon Pentyrch Hunt Kennels The Kennels Twyncoed Road Pentyrch, Cardiff West Glamorgan Modbury Harriers The Kennels Flete Ermington Ivybridge Devon Devon and Somerset Stag Hounds The Kennels Exford Minehead Somerset Cheshire Forest Hunt Kennels Peover Park Lower Peover Knutsford Cheshire Exmoor Foxhounds The Kennels Balewater, Simonsbath Minehead Somerset Axe Vale Harriers Little Downhayne Colyton Devon Vale of Lune Harriers The Kennels Deer Park Lane Hornby Lancaster LA2 8LF York and Ainsty (South) Hunt The Gate House Market Weighton Road North Duffield Selby Avon Vale Foxhounds Spye Park Lacock Wiltshire East Lincolnshire Hare Hounds Oakdene, Hanby Lane Welton-le-Marsh Spilsby Lincolnshire PE23 5TH South Shropshire Hunt Annscroft Shrewsbury Shropshire SY5 8AA Tiverton Staghounds Mouseberry Farm East Worlington Crediton Devon EX17 4SW Warwickshire Hunt Kennels Little Kineton Warwickshire Vale of Aylesbury Hunt Dodds Charity Kimblewick Aylesbury Buckinghamshire HP17 8SX Vale of Clettwr Hunt Blaenpant Kennels Pencader Carms Blackmore and Sparkford Vale Foxhounds The Kennels Charlton Hawthorne Sherbourne, Dorset DT9 4NL Blankney Foxhounds Blankney Lincoln Tegryn Farmers Hunt Star Mill Clydey Llanfyrnach Warreston Kennels Cosheston Pembroke Pembrokeshire Airedale Beagles Cragg Top Farm Light Bank Lane, Silsden Keighley West Yorkshire BD20 0NL Carmarthen Hunt The Kennels Travellers Rest Carmarthen Isle of Wedmore Draghounds Apple Acre Crickham Wedmore Somerset BS28 4JT South Herefords Hunt Kennels The Kennels Wormelow Herefordshire Woodland Pytchley Hunt Kennels Kennel Hill Brigstock Northants Llandeilo Hunt Fron Haul Whitemill Carmarthenshire Unsatisfactory Visits--Hunt Kennels 1998 East Lincs Hare Hounds Oakdene, Hanby Lane Welton-le-Marsh Spilsby Lincolnshire PE23 5TH Enfield Chase Hunt Birch Farm White Stubbs Lane Broxbourne Hertfordshire The Pytchley Hunt Station Road Brixworth Northants Bicester/Whaddon Chase Stratton Audley Bicester Oxon OX6 9BT Curre Foxhounds Hunt Kennel Itton Chepstow Gwent Westerby Basset Hounds Walcote Road South Kilworth Leicester York and Ainsty (South) Hunt The Gate House Market Weighton Road North Duffield Selby Amman Valley Hunt Tirbach Garnant Ammanford Carmarthenshire Essex Farmers Hunt Althorne Lodge Althorne Maldon Essex Blankney Foxhounds Blankney Lincoln Carmarthenshire Hunt Kennels Travellers Rest Carmarthen Ledbury Hunt The Kennels Eggs Tump Bromsberrow Gloucestershire Isle of Wedmore Draghounds Apple Acre Crickham Wedmore Somerset BS28 4JT Bicester/Whaddon Chase Stratton Audley Bicester Oxon OX6 9BT Bonnie Mount Hunt Kennels Edenhall Penrith Cumbria The Fernie Hunt Great Bowden Leicestershire LE16 7HJ Cheshire Forest Hunt Kennels Peover Park Lower Peover Knutsford Cheshire Cotswold Hunt Ossage Farm Andoversford Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4LQ Cottesmore Hunt Kennels Ashwell Road Oakham Leicestershire LE15 7QW The Warwickshire Hunt Kennels Little Kineton Warwickshire Royal Artillery Foxhounds Bulford Camp Bulford Salisbury Wiltshire

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

44795; 314 c20-6W

Session

1997-98

Registered interest declared

Yes

Subjects

Animal housing Animal feed Dogs Foxes BSE