HC Deb 28 February 1957 vol 565 cc211-2W
104. Mr. Hurd

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what effect the area eradication plan for tuberculosis to be applied to Berkshire on 1st March will have on the collection at Reading of cattle destined for shipment to the Continent.

Mr. Godber

In a tuberculosis eradication area licences permitting the entry of non-attested cattle are normally granted only for animals moved to a slaughterhouse or fatstock market. Movements of non-attested cattle without licences are allowed only for the purpose of transit through the area. The collection within an eradication area of non-attested cattle from outside it for shipment to the Continent would not satisfy either condition and would not be permissible.