Written question asked by Lord Blencathra (Conservative) on Tuesday, 3 July 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 October 2001. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Monday, 15 October 2001 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what records are maintained of visits to farms by her Department's vets carrying out precautionary inspections; what the average rate of (a) false negatives and (b) false positives in foot and mouth samples is from (i) cattle, (ii) sheep and (iii) deer; what the statutory basis is for setting a 14 day limit on farmers appealing against valuations of their stock; which lists of farmers included in the (a) 3km cull, (b) direct contact, (c) slaughter on suspicion and (d) contiguous culls have been circulated to (i) individuals and (ii) organisations outside Government departments. (Letters in Library Dep 01/1294; 01/1271; 01/1295; 01/1270).

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 372 c1101-2W;372 c1102W; 2760;2757;3450;3454
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Disclosure of information Appeals Cattle Deer Blood Inspections Farms Disease control Foot and mouth disease Farmers Livestock Statistics Valuation Testing Sheep Veterinary services
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