§ Mr. GrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many /,(a) hunt kennels, (b) knacker's yards and (c) renderers are approved under the EU Animal By-products Regulation to collect and process fallen stock in each county in Wales. [176779]
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§ Mr. TouhigThe figures in the following table show the number of hunting kennels and knacker's yards approved under the Animal By-products (Wales) Regulations 2003.
The National Assembly for Wales currently have three applications for rendering plants. These plants (if approved) will not process fallen stock.
County Knacker's yards Hunt kennels1 Blaenau Gwent 0 0 Bridgend 0 2 Caerphilly 0 0 Cardiff 0 1 Carmarthenshire 1 5 Ceredigion 1 2 Conwy 0 0 Denbighshire 0 1 Flintshire 0 0 Gwynedd 1 3 Merthyr Tydfil 0 1 Monmouthshire 0 2 Neath Port Talbot 0 1 Newport 1 0 Pembrokeshire 0 0 Powys 1 2 Rhonnda Cynon Taff 0 0 Swansea 0 0 Torfaen 0 0 Vale of Glamorgan 0 0 Wrexham 1 0 Ynys Mon 0 0 1 Hunt kennels that accept fallen stock. Source: Statistics provided by the National Assembly for Wales.