§ Viscount Cranborneasked Her Majesty's Government:
Which body is, or bodies are, responsible for monitoring imports of meat and meat products into the United Kingdom. [HL1870]
§ Baroness HaymanAll meat and meat products imported from third countries into the UK must enter at designated UK border inspection posts, where they are subject to veterinary inspections. The inspection services at the BIP are the responsibility of the relevant local authority.
§ Viscount Cranborneasked Her Majesty's Government:
What was the budget of the body or bodies devoted to monitoring the imports of meat and meat products in each of the years 1990–2000. [HL1871]
§ Baroness HaymanThis information is not held centrally. All meat imported from third countries into the UK must enter at designated UK border inspection posts (BIP), where it is subject to veterinary inspections. The inspection services at the BIP and the budgetary control thereof are the responsibility of the local authority.
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§ Viscount Cranborneasked Her Majesty's Government:
How the United Kingdom's system of monitoring meat imports compares with the Swedish and Danish systems; and whether United Kingdom resource devoted to monitoring meat imports exceed Swedish and Danish resources, both absolutely and as a proportion of government expenditure. [HL1873]
§ Baroness HaymanThis information is not available and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost. All meat imported into the European Union from third countries must enter at designated border inspection posts (BIP), where it is subject to veterinary inspections. The European Commission is responsible for ensuring that the inspection facilities and services at BIPs in all member states are adequate.
§ Viscount Cranborneasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will ask importers to pay for the costs of monitoring meat imports. [HL1874]
§ Baroness HaymanAll meat imported from third countries into the UK must enter at designated UK border inspection posts (BIP), where it is subject to veterinary inspections. The inspection services at the BIP are the responsibility of the local authority. UK and EU legislation requires that costs incurred by the local authority in carrying out checks are recovered from importers.