Written question asked by Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative) on Monday, 1 September 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 September 2003. It was answered by Ben Bradshaw (Labour) on Monday, 15 September 2003 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated cost is of the new testing arrangements when the OTMS scheme is lifted; and whether there will be a single national slaughterhouse for the scheme. - Inc figure and fact that precise cost is commercially sensitive. (Printed on 08.09.2003 in Bound Volume 410 c285-6W).

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

410 c481-2W;410 (Not in Bound Volume); 128336

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Costs Cattle Disease control Livestock Testing Slaughterhouses BSE