§ Mr. PERKINSasked the Minister of Agriculture the basis of compensation paid to farmers whose cattle are slaughtered as a result of foot-and-mouth disease; and whether any compensation is paid for pedigree?
§ Mr. ELLIOTThe basis of compensation to the owners of animals slaughtered 43W in connection with outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease is that laid down in Section 15 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894, namely:
(i) Where the animal slaughtered was affected with foot-and-mouth disease the compensation shall be the value of the animal immediately before it became so affected;(ii) in every other case the compensation shall be the value of the animal immediately before it was slaughtered.In the case of pedigree stock the value of the animal is its actual value as a pedigree animal.
§ Mr. PERKINSasked the Minister of Agriculture the total amount paid in respect of compensation for animals as a result of outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in Gloucestershire during 1932, 1933, and 1934, and the total amount paid in respect of England, Wales, and Scotland during 1933?
§ Mr. ELLIOTThe following is the information desired by my hon. Friend:
COMPENSATION paid for animals slaughtered in connection with outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease. Gloucestershire: £ s. d. Year 1932 1,610 7 6 Year 1933 Nil. Year 1934 (to 7.12.34) 6,678 7 0 8,288 14 6 Great Britain—year 1933: £ s. d. England 71,322 3 9 Wales 1,076 9 0 Scotland Nil. 72,398 12 9