Written question asked by Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 8 May 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 10 May 2001. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Thursday, 10 May 2001 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tonnage of illegally-imported meat was intercepted by HM Customs and Excise in the last year for which figures are available. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Kirkwood: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what tonnage of illegally-imported meat was intercepted by HM Customs and Excise in the last year for which figures are available. [160905] Dawn Primarolo: In the year 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001, Customs seized 2.655 metric tonnes of meat. This figure does not include meat detected when Customs are working with the lead enforcement authorities for meat imports, MAFF or local authority officials, where the meat is seized by the lead authorities. Customs have no central record of those seizures.

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