Memorandum 42
Supplementary memorandum from the Health
& Safety Executive
WORKSHOP ON LARGE ANIMALS HELD IN MARCH 2005
BACKGROUND
— This was instigated and led by the
then Defra Chief Scientist.
— He wished to form a view on the need
for an ACDP CL4 facility with the aim of feeding back to the Gov
Chief Scientist.
— The workshop was attended by various
parties and had a joint Defra/HSE secretariat.
SPECIFICS
— The workshop took place on 4 March
2005 at Warwick University.
— The minutes and action points are
attached (these have been redacted to not name individuals).
— There were four main action points
(2 joint HSE/Defra; 1 VLA and 1 defra only)
— The two action points on HSE were
met by the paper on UK capability (attached) (not printed). The
most recent draft of this paper was completed in October 2005.
— It is HSE understanding that this
paper was sent to Defra CS: we do not know how this was taken
forward re: Gov Chief Scientist or whether the final version was
ever approved.
— The minutes also state that a second
workshop would take place. It is HSE's understanding that this
has yet to take place. Given that it was a Defra Chief Scientist
lead it is HSE's view that the decision not to proceed with the
second workshop lay with defra.
May 2008
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