§ 58. Mr. SteenTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which advisory and other services provided to farmers and fishermen are charged for in England.
§ Mr. CurryMy Department provides the following chargeable services to farmers and fishermen:
- Advisory work undertaken by the Agricultural Development Advisory Service (with the exception of advice on animal welfare, conservation and rural diversification which continues to be free of charge).
- Milk and dairies inspections.
- Licensing premises for the keeping of mink for fur-bearing purposes.
- Testing, registration and approval of laboratories under the Poultry Flocks, Hatcheries and Protein Processing (Fees) Order 1990.
336 - Testing cattle for foot and mouth disease prior to export to the United States of America.
- Export inspection of poultry and hatching eggs.
- Artificial insemination licences and approvals.
- Waste food licensing.
- Pig health scheme.
- Poultry health scheme.
- Sheep and goat health scheme.
- Cattle health scheme.
- Deer health scheme.
- Approval of markets, assembly plants, pre-export private quarantine and isolation premises.
- Export of birds, poultry and hatching eggs—inspection by whole-time veterinary officers.
- Seed potatoes classification scheme. Plant health propagation scheme.
- Plant health export certification and export nursery approval scheme.
- Plant health import licences. Certain statistical data on the fishing industry. Shellfish export certificates.
- Analytical, consultancy, training and R and D services provided by the fish technology laboratory.