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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the conditions are for repayment attached to the loan to the Meat and Livestock Commission in respect of the welfare scheme which operated during the foot and mouth disease outbreak; and whether the loan has been repaid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the conditions are for repayment attached to the loan to the Meat and Livestock Commission in respect of the welfare scheme which operated during the foot and mouth disease outbreak; and whether the loan has been repaid.
Asked by
Nicholas Brown
(Labour)
Answered by
Ben Bradshaw
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
7 May 2004
For answer on
18 May 2004
Answered on
18 May 2004
Mr. Nicholas Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the conditions are for repayment
attached to the loan to the Meat and Livestock Commission in respect of the welfare scheme which operated during the foot and mouth
disease outbreak; and whether the loan has been repaid. [172683]
Mr. Bradshaw: The Pig Industry Development Scheme (PIDS) was initiated in March 2001 to establish an industry fund to help provide
advice, services, facilities and financial assistance to British pig producers to assist with the prevention of exotic pig diseases
such as Classical Swine Fever, and/or to help minimise their impact. Collection of this industry levy was delayed due to the foot
and mouth disease outbreak of that year. In April 2001 the then MAFF and the Meat and Livestock Commission concluded a loan
agreement to enable early payment of the industry top-up to producers.
Under the terms of the loan agreement, repayment, including interest, was due on 31 July 2003. However problems associated
with the unforseen decline in pig slaughterings delayed the collection of the levy from pig producers to repay the loan. By mutual
agreement the loan deadline was extended to 31 December 2003 and repayment was made by that date, including the interest to
that date.
The PIDS levy on slaughterings was reduced to zero in August 2003; however the scheme is to remain open for the foreseeable future
with the facility to increase the levy if required.
Subjects
Fees and charges; Diseases; Disease control; Government assistance; Pigs; Loans; Repayments; Swine fever; Meat and Livestock Commission; Pig industry development scheme
Date
18 May 2004
Reference
172683; 421 c831W
House
House of Commons