Supplementary Memorandum from Mr Elliot
Morley MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
I promised to provide a number of notes on matters
of particular interest to the Committee and have enclosed these
with this letter. I am grateful to the Clerk of the Committee
for confirming the notes required.
They are:
1. Note on illegal imports of meat (Annex
1).
2. Note on number of appeals against contiguous
culls and eventual fate of the livestock on the premises involved
(Annex 2).
3. Note on informal appeals procedure before
the Divisional Veterinary Manager (Annex 3).
4. Note on compensation payable to farmers
who might be convicted of deliberately infecting their animals
(with reference to Human Rights legislation) (Annex 4).
9 November 2001
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