§ Sir Clive Bossomasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give an assurance that the latest 195W shipments of beef from the Argentine and Uruguay are completely free from foot-and-mouth disease.
§ Mr. John MackieThese shipments are governed by the safeguards laid down in agreements with the countries concerned. My right hon. Friend announced a number of improvements to these arrangements in his reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Rugby (Mr. William Price) on 22nd October. It would be unreasonable to expect my right hon. Friend to give an assurance in the sweeping terms suggested whether in relation to supplies from the countries mentioned or, indeed, in supplies from any country in which the disease has appeared.
§ Mr. Wellbelovedasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many tons of South American meat have been imported into the United Kingdom since the lifting of the ban on imported meat from that area.
§ Mr. John MackieThe total quantity of carcase meat and offal imported from South America from the lifting of the ban on imported meat until the end of October was 49,378 tons.
§ Mr. Wellbelovedasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many tons of Argentine meat have been imported into the United Kingdom since the lifting of the ban on imported meat from that source.
§ Mr. John MackieThe total quantity of carcase meat and offal imported from Argentina from the lifting of the ban on imported meat until the end of October was 23,604 tons.