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(10) what was the total number of days lost through unofficial strikes in the coal industry in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989 ; (11) what was the total number of days lost through unofficial strikes on the railways in 1987, 1988 and 1989 ;(12) what was the total number of days lost through unofficial strikes in the motor manufacturing industry in 1987, 1988 and 1989 ; (13) what was the total number of days lost through unofficial strikes in the docks industry in 1987, 1988 and 1989 ;
(14) what was the total number of days lost through unofficial strikes in the shipbuilding industry in 1987, 1988 and 1989.
Mr. Nicholls : Data on stoppages of work and working days lost in unofficial disputes, where it is possible to make this distinction, are given in table 1. The statistics requested for years prior to 1987 are not available. Statistics for the docks and shipbuilding industries are not available except at disproportionate cost. Statistics on disputes solely in the Post Office are confidential. Where data are not available for a specific industry, the statistics for the broad industry classification into which they fall are given.
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Stoppages of work and working days lost in unofficial industrial disputes where a categorisation is possible
1987 1988 1989<1>
Industry SIC 1980 (Class) |Stoppages in |Working days |Stoppages in |Working days |Stoppages in |Working days
|progress |lost |progress |lost |progress |lost
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Coal (11) |291 |198,000 |141 |81,000 |138 |49,000
Construction (50) |8 |11,000 |6 |3,000 |17 |61,000
Motor vehicles (35) |80 |65,000 |39 |30,000 |42 |86,000
Railways (71) |7 |1,000 |2 |less than 500 |- |-
Supporting and miscellaneous transport
services<2> (76, 77) |5 |5,000 |7 |8,000 |6 |6,000
Other transport equipment<3> (36) |9 |20,000 |17 |29,000 |8 |17,000
Other transport and communication<4> (75,
79) |91 |55,000 |61 |1,100,000 |23 |10,000
<1> Data are for the period January to November 1989 and are provisional.
<2> Data for the docks industry are included with the Supporting and miscellaneous transport services.
<3> Data for the shipbuilding industry are included with the Other transport equipment sector.
<4> Data for the Post Office are included with the Other transport and communication sector.
Restart
Mr. Ralph Howell : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many and what percentage of unemployed claimants called for Restart interviews have (a) stopped claiming benefit and (b) obtained regular full- time work, for the most recent convenient period.
Mr. Eggar : The aim of the Restart programme is to make contact with longer-term unemployed people and provide information and advice about opportunities to help them back to work. We do not collect information on how many people stop claiming benefit or obtain regular full-time employment as a result of being called for a Restart interview.
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Burns Day
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will introduce legislation to make Burns day a United Kingdom public holiday annually on 25 January.
Mr. Nicholls : My right hon. and learned Friend has no such plans to do so.
Local Offices
Mr. Devlin : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will establish an integrated jobcentre and unemployment benefit office in Thornaby, Cleveland.
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Mr. Eggar : The employment service is working progressively to bring jobcentres and benefit offices together under one roof. This will provide a new and improved one-stop service.I will ensure that the hon. Member is informed as soon as a decision about the future of the office at Thornaby has been taken.
Private Mines
Mr. Hardy : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment in how many private mines registers are kept of the names and numbers of employees working underground ; and if there have been (a) any warnings issued by Her Majesty's inspectors and (b) any prosecutions initiated in respect of the requirement to keep such registers.
Mr. Nicholls : All coal mines are required to keep registers of the numbers of persons going below ground and these are inspected as a matter of routine by the Health and Safety Executive's mines inspectors.
There have been no warnings issued or prosecutions initiated in respect of failure to comply with this requirement in the past five years.
Vocational Training
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether his Department will set up bursaries for young people aged between 16 and 19 years to pursue vocational training with companies located in western Europe ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholls : Opportunities for young people to spend part of their initial vocational training in other European countries already exists within YTS and European Community programmes for young people, including in particular the young workers exchange programme and Petra. I am keeping the need for further initiatives under review.
Mines Inspectorate
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what records are kept by the mines inspectorate.
Mr. Nicholls : The mines inspectorate keeps records under the following general subject headings :
Accidents
Whether fatal or major, date, time, description of injury and details of dangerous occurences.
Premise
Address, premise type, names of officials, reports of inspections at premises.
Registers
Complaints received, exemptions issued, equipment approvals issued.
Prosecutions
Date case heard, number of charges laid, result, fines imposed. Notices
Number of Improvement and Prohibition notices issued and to whom. Circulars
Internal instructions and information circulars issued ; publications circulated.
Abandoned mine plans
Number of Ordnance survey sheets, relevant county, renovation status.
In addition, administrative records are kept as appropriate.
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Action for Jobs
Mr. Terry Davis : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how much of the expenditure on Action For Jobs television advertising in 1985- 86, 1986-87 and 1987-88 was spent through the Central Office of Information.
Mr. Eggar : All the expenditure on Action for Jobs television advertising in 1985-86, 1986-87 and 1987-88 was spent through the Central Office of Information.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Audiology
Rev. Martin Smyth : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the waiting list in audiology in Northern Ireland for (a) hearing tests and (b) fitting of hearing aids for the last three years for which figures are available.
Mr. Needham : Figures for audiology are not identified separately in waiting list data. In most cases a patient can expect to be assessed and, where appropriate, fitted with a hearing aid within three months of the first contact with his GP.
Beef
Mr. McGrady : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what representations he has received about the profitability of the beef industry in Northern Ireland.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : The Ulster Farmers Union has made representations to me about profit levels in the beef industry in Northern Ireland and I have had informative and useful discussions with UFU leaders on the matter.
Flooding
Mr. Kilfedder : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on measures to reduce flooding.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : The Department of Agriculture (NI) is empowered by the Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 to carry out drainage works on watercourses or works on sea defences where these have been designated by the Drainage Council for Northern Ireland and where, in the Department's opinion, works are expedient for the drainage of land. Decisions are informed by financial appraisal methods in use thoughout the United Kingdom.
The Department's powers under this order are permissive and are directed towards a better drainage of land. The order protects the Department inter alia from liability for any damage which may happen to other land or property through or by the accidental overflowing of a watercourse.
A high standard of flood protection is set in scheme proposals for urban areas, but the Department does not claim to prevent flooding in all circumstances.
Total annual expenditure on drainage works in each of the next three financial years is estimated at £19 million.
Bank Robbery, Athy
Mr. Stanbrook : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if, under the terms of the Anglo-Irish Agreement, he will call on the Government of the Irish
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Republic for an immediate report on the circumstances of the killing of a bank robber by armed police at Athy in the Irish Republic on Friday 12 January ; if he will seek a judicial inquiry ; and if he will make a statement.Mr. Cope : This is not a matter which we consider appropriate to raise under the terms of the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
Fair Employment Commission
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which of the following employers in Northern Ireland were requested, prior to the nominated date of 15 January, to register with the Fair Employment Commission for Northern Ireland in accordance with the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 : (a) Xtra-vision Ltd, (b) The Bank of Ireland, (c) Irish Lights, (d) The Irish League of Credit Unions, (e) Irish National Foresters, (f) The Irish National Teachers Organisation, (g) The Irish Tourist Board, (h) Irish Life Assurance Co. Ltd, (i) Irish Transport and General Workers Union, (j) Irish Bonding Co. Ltd, (k) Bass Ireland Ltd and (l) Aer Lingus.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 16 January 1990] : Under the Fair Employment (NI) Act 1989 employers, with the exception of certain specified public sector employers, whose concerns satisfy the conditions for registration are obliged to apply for registration to the Fair Employment Commission within one month from 6 January 1990 or, if subsequently, from the time they first satisfy the condition for registration.
To assist registration the commission has issued application forms in advance to employers believed to have more than 25 employees, but it is under no obligation to do so and the duty to apply for registration rests firmly with employers.
The commission will not make public details of individual employers whom it has invited to register. Once initial registrations are made, however, the commission will keep a register, open to public inspection, of trades, businesses and other activities in which people are employed.
Protected Routes
Mr. Mallon : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many protected routes are maintained by the Department of Environment roads service in each district council area in Northern Ireland.
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Mr. Peter Bottomley [holding answer 19 January 1990] : The Department of the Environment roads service maintains a total of 43 protected routes in Northern Ireland. It should be noted that some of these routes are common to more than one district council area.
District council area
|protected routes<1>
---------------------------------------------------------------
1. Antrim |6
2. Ards |6
3. Armagh |4
4. Ballymena |4
5. Ballymoney |3
6. Banbridge |3
7. Belfast |7
8. Carrickfergus |2
9. Castlereagh |5
10. Coleraine |5
11. Cookstown |3
12. Craigavon |6
13. Derry |4
14. Down |5
15. Dungannon |3
16. Fermanagh |3
17. Larne |4
18. Limavady |4
19. Lisburn |8
20. Magherafelt |4
21. Moyle |2
22. Newry and Mourne |6
23. Newtownabbey |5
24. North Down |6
25. Omagh |3
26. Strabane |1
<1> A protected route is one on which the creation of new
accesses and the intensification of use of existing accesses
is curtailed as far as is practical in order to preserve a
high level of service for the main road users and in the
interests of road safety.
Cattle Diseases
Mr. Mallon : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many incidences of (a) bovine tuberculosis and (b) brucellosis have been recorded in each year since 1980 ; how many herds were affected ; and if he will give details for each Department of Agriculture sub-office.
Mr. Peter Bottomley [holding answer 19 January 1990] : Cattle and herd breakdowns for each divisional veterinary office area in respect of tuberculosis and brucellosis from 1980 to 1989 are given in the following tables :
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Tuberculosis: reactor animals and herd breakdowns: 1980-89
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Division |A |H |A |H |A |H |A |H |A |H |A |H |A |H |A |H |A |H |A |H
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Armagh |166 |70 |130 |42 |140 |58 |96 |49 |148 |55 |176 |58 |114 |43 |52 |33 |118 |57 |317 |100
Dungannon |168 |43 |209 |60 |106 |39 |106 |57 |165 |82 |178 |63 |75 |49 |69 |47 |83 |57 |103 |67
Enniskillen |161 |67 |150 |65 |154 |83 |138 |74 |153 |74 |123 |59 |152 |65 |190 |72 |148 |71 |146 |80
Newry |127 |48 |151 |68 |79 |42 |108 |60 |114 |65 |165 |74 |125 |72 |266 |80 |622 |183 |1,114 |361
Newtownards |222 |77 |185 |72 |248 |89 |288 |113 |322 |121 |257 |120 |197 |100 |171 |77 |261 |98 |210 |108
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
South Region |844 |305 |825 |307 |727 |311 |736 |353 |902 |397 |899 |374 |663 |329 |748 |309 |1,232 |466 |1,890 |716
Ballymena |186 |52 |204 |62 |165 |59 |175 |59 |77 |31 |218 |74 |84 |38 |51 |32 |49 |24 |107 |45
Coleraine |285 |106 |99 |52 |167 |72 |468 |131 |157 |70 |125 |71 |70 |46 |43 |18 |50 |35 |65 |51
Larne |255 |68 |292 |89 |326 |111 |271 |96 |341 |106 |204 |85 |167 |81 |162 |66 |84 |35 |304 |90
Londonderry |109 |36 |78 |27 |24 |13 |39 |11 |7 |7 |10 |12 |33 |21 |26 |14 |33 |14 |28 |20
Omagh |102 |36 |144 |43 |90 |38 |113 |60 |21 |19 |51 |31 |23 |16 |13 |14 |22 |19 |107 |38
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
North Region |937 |298 |817 |273 |772 |299 |1,066 |357 |603 |233 |608 |273 |377 |202 |295 |144 |238 |127 |611 |244
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
Total |1,781 |603 |1,642 |580 |1,499 |604 |1,802 |710 |1,505 |630 |1,507 |647 |1,040 |531 |1,043 |453 |1,470 |593 |2,501 |960
Source: Animal health veterinary statistics [Tables T3A and T5]
A = Animals
H = Herds
Tuberculosis: reactor animals and herd breakdowns: 1980-89
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Division |A |H |A |H |A |H |A |H |A |H |A |H |A |H |A |H |A |H |A |H
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Armagh |166 |70 |130 |42 |140 |58 |96 |49 |148 |55 |176 |58 |114 |43 |52 |33 |118 |57 |317 |100
Dungannon |168 |43 |209 |60 |106 |39 |106 |57 |165 |82 |178 |63 |75 |49 |69 |47 |83 |57 |103 |67
Enniskillen |161 |67 |150 |65 |154 |83 |138 |74 |153 |74 |123 |59 |152 |65 |190 |72 |148 |71 |146 |80
Newry |127 |48 |151 |68 |79 |42 |108 |60 |114 |65 |165 |74 |125 |72 |266 |80 |622 |183 |1,114 |361
Newtownards |222 |77 |185 |72 |248 |89 |288 |113 |322 |121 |257 |120 |197 |100 |171 |77 |261 |98 |210 |108
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
South Region |844 |305 |825 |307 |727 |311 |736 |353 |902 |397 |899 |374 |663 |329 |748 |309 |1,232 |466 |1,890 |716
Ballymena |186 |52 |204 |62 |165 |59 |175 |59 |77 |31 |218 |74 |84 |38 |51 |32 |49 |24 |107 |45
Coleraine |285 |106 |99 |52 |167 |72 |468 |131 |157 |70 |125 |71 |70 |46 |43 |18 |50 |35 |65 |51
Larne |255 |68 |292 |89 |326 |111 |271 |96 |341 |106 |204 |85 |167 |81 |162 |66 |84 |35 |304 |90
Londonderry |109 |36 |78 |27 |24 |13 |39 |11 |7 |7 |10 |12 |33 |21 |26 |14 |33 |14 |28 |20
Omagh |102 |36 |144 |43 |90 |38 |113 |60 |21 |19 |51 |31 |23 |16 |13 |14 |22 |19 |107 |38
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
North Region |937 |298 |817 |273 |772 |299 |1,066 |357 |603 |233 |608 |273 |377 |202 |295 |144 |238 |127 |611 |244
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
Total |1,781 |603 |1,642 |580 |1,499 |604 |1,802 |710 |1,505 |630 |1,507 |647 |1,040 |531 |1,043 |453 |1,470 |593 |2,501 |960
Source: Animal health veterinary statistics [Tables T3A and T5]
A = Animals
H = Herds
Mr. Mallon : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the total amount of compensation paid by the Department of Agriculture in respect of (a) bovine tuberculosis and (b) brucellosis in each year since 1980 ; and if he will give details for areas dealt with by each departmental sub-office.
Mr. Peter Bottomley [holding answer 19 January 1990] : The available information, giving total expenditure, is shown in the table. This information cannot be broken down by divisional veterinary office area. Net expenditure is given in brackets, that is, compensation paid less moneys released for carcases.
Tuberculosis Brucellosis
£ £
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1980-81 |718,930 |(389,073)|974,073 |(491,441)
1981-82 |614,265 |(311,175)|498,631 |(225,885)
1982-83 |750,006 |(382,910)|10,559 |(8,558)
1983-84 |766,585 |(398,514)|8,590 |(8,182)
1984-85 |784,758 |(465,382)|6,781 |(6,781)
1985-86 |740,547 |(455,853)|8,015 |(7,573)
1986-87 |522,211 |(319,791)|7,240 |(7,240)
1987-88 |717,363 |(447,376)|8,071 |(7,903)
1988-89 |1,076,662|(646,931)|7,377 |(6,612)
Parliamentary Boundary Commission
Mr. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what are the qualifications of the two members of the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland whom he has appointed ; and what criteria he applied for these appointments.
Mr. Cope : Both members appointed to the Parliamentary Boundary Commission meet the criteria that they should have relevant intellectual qualities, appropriate experience and/or professional qualifications, a commitment to public service and the ability to make independent and non- partisan judgments. Following
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normal practice, the views of the main political parties in Northern Ireland were sought before the appointments were made.ENERGY
Energy and Environment Research Unit
Dr. Thomas : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he or any of his Ministers have any present plans to meet the director and staff of the energy and environment research unit at the Open university.
Sizewell B
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy how many representations he has received calling for the Sizewell B project to be halted ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Baldry : The Government attach the highest importance to the completion of Sizewell B by Nuclear Electric. The station will maintain the PWR technology as an option for the future.
Colliery Sites (Environmental and Safety Work)
Ms. Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy how much money has been spent by British Coal in each of the last five years on environmental and safety work at former colliery sites ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Baldry : This is a matter for British Coal.
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Greenhouse Effect (Report)
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make it his policy to obtain the report by Dr. Michael Grubb, published by the Royal Institute for International Affairs on 4 December, entitled "The Greenhouse Effect : Negotiating Targets."
Mr. Peter Morrison : A copy of this report is already held in the Department of Energy library.
Private Mines
Mr. Hardy : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the number of private mines which had (a) up to nine, (b) 10 to 15, (c) 16 to 20, (d) 21 to 25, (e) 26 to 30 and (f) over 30 persons working underground in 1989.
Mr. Baldry : My Department does not have this information. The British Coal corporation is the licensing authority and I have asked the chairman to write to the hon. Member.
CEGB Statistical Yearbook
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish in the Official Report 1988-89 equivalents to tables 12, 13, 14 and 16 of the Central Electricity Generating Board statistical yearbook for 1987-88.
Mr. Wakeham : No. This is a matter for the Central Electricity Generating Board.
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy whether his Department was consulted about the omission from the 1988-89 Central Electricity Generating Board statistical yearbook, annexed to its annual report, of up-to-date information replacing that given in tables 12, 13, 14 and 16 of the 1987-88 yearbook.
Mr. Wakeham : My Department was not asked for its views on the omission.
Electricity Meters
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy who will pay for the examining and testing of electricity meters under schedule 7 to the Electricity Act 1989.
Mr. Wakeham : It is intended that the costs of examining, testing and certifying meters under schedule 7, paragraph 5(4)(b) to the Electricity Act 1989 will be paid by the person submitting the meters.
It is intended that the costs of examining and testing meters under schedule 7, paragraph 7(3) to the Electricity Act 1989, will normally be paid by the electricity supplier concerned. Where persons other than an electricity supplier have required a meter examiner to carry out the duties given under schedule 7, paragraph 7, they may be asked to make a contribution towards these fees.
Nuclear Power
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is the basis of his Department's calculations that the cost of energy produced by nuclear power exceeds the cost of that generated by fossil fuels.
Mr. Baldry : The Department's assessments of likely nuclear and fossil-generating costs are based on information supplied by the CEGB.
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AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
Oilseed and Cereal Substitutes
Sir Richard Body : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make it his policy to resist EEC proposals to levy new taxes on oilseed imports and imports of cereal substitutes.
Mr. Curry : The Government continue to press the case against unilateral increased import protection for oilseeds and cereal substitutes.
Scrapie
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) what information he has concerning the geographical distribution of scrapie in sheep ;
(2) what information he has concerning the susceptibility of different breeds of sheep to scrapie ;
(3) whether he has any evidence to demonstrate any recent increase or decrease in the incidence of scrapie.
Mr. Maclean : Scrapie is not a notifiable disease and I therefore have no reliable information about its incidence, distribution or breed susceptibility.
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what information he has concerning the vertical transmissibility of scrapie in sheep.
Mr. Maclean : Detection of the scrapie agent in placenta and epidemiological studies of the natural disease in sheep have demonstrated that scrapie is transmissible from dam to offspring via the placenta.
Coastal Land Erosion
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many local authorities in England have applied for central Government financial assistance to alleviate the threat of coastal land erosion between 1979 and 1989 ; and how much money has been granted per annum to such schemes.
Mr. Maclean : Since my Department became responsible for the administration of grant under the Coast Protection Act 1949 in 1985, a total of 55 local authorities have submitted proposals for approval and grant aid for schemes to protect against coastal erosion. We have no similar information for earlier years. Grant payments over the period from 1979 to 1989 have been as follows :
|£ million
------------------------------
1979-80 |5.7
1980-81 |7.1
1981-82 |8.3
1982-83 |11.5
1983-84 |11.5
1984-85 |9.1
1985-86 |7.8
1986-87 |14.0
1987-88 |9.8
1988-89 |12.8
Cattle (Import Restrictions)
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list all those countries currently imposing import restrictions on live cattle or
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cattle products originating from the United Kingdom, indicating in respect of each country the nature of the restrictions.Mr. Maclean : It would be impracticable to publish in the Official Report the large number of health conditions imposed by importing countries on live cattle or cattle products originating from the United Kingdom. Import conditions reflect the requirements of Community rules, where they exist and, in other cases, the rules of the countries of destination.
For live cattle these may include confirmation, as appropriate, of country/area/holding/animal freedom from specific diseases and possibly pre -export isolation and/or testing. In the case of cattle products, import rules may require that the products in question originate from healthy animals and have been produced or processed in a way that safeguards public and/or animal health. Importing countries generally require that live cattle or cattle products be accompanied by an export health certificate signed by an official veterinarian to confirm that the necessary conditions have been met.
Rabies
Sir David Price : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made of the threat of rabies reaching the United Kingdom through infected bats ; and what measures can be taken to prevent it.
Mr. Maclean : There is no evidence of natural transmission to terrestrial mammals of the rabies-related virus found in some species of insectivorous bat on the continent. Therefore, while it is possible that an infected bat could be blown across the Channel on strong winds, the threat is extremely small. Some 600 bat carcases, submitted by bat groups and other organisations since 1987, have been examined with negative results. Imported bats are subject to six months quarantine or, in the case of vampire bats, life. If necessary powers would be taken to deal with any bat colony which might prove infected.
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