§ Mrs. Sally Oppenheimasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many animals are being exported live for slaughter in respect of licences issued before the suspension of the granting of new licences to the latest available date.
§ Mrs. FennerNo new licences to export animals overseas for slaughter have been issued since 13th July 1973. In the six months since that date some 11,700 animals have been shipped for slaughter on licences issued before that date. This figure compares with about 79,700 in the corresponding period in the previous year.
Export of animals overseas for slaughter has now ceased.
Overland transit of animals from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland is not subject to licensing control, and such animals form about three-quarters of all recorded United Kingdom exports of live food animals.