§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the number of confirmed cases of BSE in each county of England and Wales since 1 June.
§ Mr. SoamesThe number of cases confirmed for England and Wales from 29 May to 26 June is as follows: 721W
County Confirmed cases England Avon 68 Bedfordshire 7 Berkshire 17 Buckinghamshire 23 Cambridge 7 Cheshire 109 Cleveland 3 Cornwall 285 Cumbria 129 Derbyshire 70 Devon 410 Dorset 252 Durham 26 Essex 14 Gloucestershire 69 Hampshire 76 Hereford and Worcester 65 Hertfordshire 12 Humberside 22 Isle of Wight 18 Kent 43 Lancashire 137 Leicestershire 56 Lincolnshire 20 London 3 Manchester 3 Merseyside 7 Norfolk 108 Northamptonshire 17 Northumberland 31 Nottinghamshire 16 Oxon 49 Shropshire 119 Somerset 313 Staffordshire 134 Suffolk 37 Surrey 24 Sussex East 47 Sussex West 56 Tyne and Wear 2 Warwickshire 42 West Midlands 4 Wiltshire 156 Yorkshire North 166 Yorkshire South 15 Yorkshire West 24 Wales Clwyd 56 Dyfed 218 Glamorgan Mid 2 Glamorgan South 6 Glamorgan West 5 Gwent 20 Gwynedd 13 Powys 52
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the total number of(a) confirmed and (b) suspected cases of BSE in each county or region in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for the seven days in the week ending 19 June.
§ Mr. GummerThe information as requested from 12 to 19 June 1992 is as follows. The confirmed cases will have a date of clinical onset of disease and date of report before 12 June.
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County Confirmed cases Reported cases 13 to 19 June 1992 England Avon 18 13 Bedfordshire 1 1 723W
County Confirmed cases Reported cases 13 to 19 June 1992 Berkshire 4 3 Buckinghamshire 10 4 Cambridge 3 0 Cheshire 31 29 Cleveland 1 1 Cornwall 89 30 Cumbria 54 19 Derbyshire 13 19 Devon 110 60 Dorset 90 22 Durham 8 2 Essex 4 2 Gloucestershire 9 14 Hampshire 19 12 Hereford and Worcester 6 9 Hertfordshire 3 0 Humberside 2 3 Isle of Wight 8 3 Kent 17 6 Lancashire 43 28 Leicestershire 17 8 Lincolnshire 7 8 London 1 1 Manchester 1 0 Merseyside 0 1 Norfolk 25 18 Northamptonshire 3 8 Northumberland 15 6 Nottinghamshire 1 3 Oxfordshire 18 9 Shropshire 35 17 Somerset 91 53 Staffordshire 52 29 Suffolk 12 13 Surrey 9 5 Sussex East 16 5 Sussex West 18 15 Tyne and Wear 0 0 Warwickshire 7 7 West Midlands 1 0 Wiltshire 43 36 Yorkshire North 52 23 Yorkshire South 2 3 Yorkshire West 7 2 Wales Clwyd 22 5 Dyfed 12 39 Glamorgan Mid 0 0 Glamorgan South 2 1 Glamorgan West 0 1 Gwent 2 4 Gwynedd 3 4 Powys 6 10 Scotland Borders 1 0 Central 0 3 Dumfries 22 13 Fife 3 0 Grampian 9 3 Highland 0 1 Lothian 1 0 Orkney 0 0 Shetland 0 0 Strathclyde 16 15 Tayside 4 2 Western Isles 0 0 Northern Ireland Antrim 0 1 Armagh 0 1 Down 1 5 Fermanagh 0 1 Londonderry 0 1 Tyrone 1 1
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many times the spongiform encephalopathy advisory committee has met each year since its establishment.
§ Mr. GummerI refer the hon. Member to the reply given to his question on 17 June 1992,Official Report, at column 573.
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if he will list the countries which are refusing to import cattle from the United Kingdom due to concern over BSE; and if he will make a statement;
(2) if he will list the countries which are refusing to import milk and milk products from the United Kingdom due to concerns over BSE; and if he will make a statement;
(3) if he will list the countries which are refusing to import boneless beef from the United Kingdom because of concerns over BSE; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GummerThe information is as follows:
Cattle Algeria New Zealand Argentina Russia Australia Saudi Arabia Austria Sweden Brazil Switzerland Canada Syria Chile Trinidad and Tobago Finland Tunisia Hungary Turkey Iran United Arab Emirates Israel USA Japan Uruguay Jordan Malaysia (state of Sarawak only) Boneless Beef Algeria Montserrat Barbados Philippines Dominica St. Kitts Egypt St. Lucia Grenada St. Vincent Guyana Saudi Arabia Jamaica Syria Japan Taiwan Libya United Arab Emirates Malaysia (state of Sarawak only) Milk and Milk Products. Libya Sweden1 Syria 1 Sweden bans the importation from the United Kingdom of bovine milk products for consumption by farm animals. Milk for human consumption may continue. Notes:
In addition, cattle over six months of age may not be sent to other member states unless imported in the United Kingdom after 18 July 1988.
Many of these countries are members of the worldwide veterinary organisation, the Office Internationale des Epizooties (OIE). The OIE general assembly recently unanimously endorsed advice that, subject to certain conditions, trade with the United Kingdom in these products is safe. We will be pressing these countries—along with the non-OIE members—to accept these conditions so that trade in these products may resume.
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on what date each of the individuals represented on the spongiform encephalopathy advisory committee were appointed; and if he will make a statement.
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§ Mr. GummerAll the members of the spongiform encephalopathy advisory committee were appointed in April 1990, except for Professor Richard Barlow and Mr. David Pepper, who were added in September 1990.
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many times the consultative committee on research into spongiform encephalopathies has met each year since its establishment.
§ Mr. GummerThe consultative committee on research into spongiform encephalopathies met on three occasions in 1989 before it was reconstituted as the spongiform encephalopathy advisory committee.
§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the number of felines confirmed as having spongiform encephalopathy in each of the following age ranges:(a) below 12 months, (b) one to two years, (c) two to three years, (d) three to four years, (e) four to five years and (f) over five years; and what information he has on the likely cause of transmission.
§ Mr. SoamesThe information requested is as follows up to 26 June 1992:
Age Number of felines with spongiform encephalopathy Less than 12 months 0 One year to two years 1 Two years to three years 1 Three years to four years 3 Five years and over 21 Age not known 1 Insufficient cases of FSE have yet been identified to enable any conclusions about the epidemiology of the condition, or the source of infection, to be drawn. Information is, however, being collected about each confirmed case.