§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied with the recording of movements and individual identification of stock 16W passing through markets for livestock and stores, in order to help in tracing foot-and-mouth disease contacts.
§ Mrs. FennerThe records required to be kept by the Movement of Animals (Records) Order 1960 and the Swine Fever Order 1963 used in conjunction with the auctioneer's record of sales and licences issued under the Regulation of Movement of Swine Order 1959 provide a satisfactory means of tracing movements of animals which may be foot-and-mouth disease contacts.
§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will, immediately following future initial outbreaks of suspected foot-and-mouth or swine vesicular disease, ban the holding of livestock store markets within a wide radius of the outbreak.
§ Mrs. FennerWhen my Department's veterinary officers suspect foot-and-mouth disease they immediately impose "Form C" restrictions, which means that all markets and most livestock movements are prohibited within a radius of five miles of the suspected outbreak. If the disease is confirmed, an infected area of not less than 10 miles radius is imposed immediately and store markets are prohibited within the area.
Swine vesicular disease is dealt with on similar lines, but in the present emergency controlled area restrictions were imposed on 20th January covering English counties south of Yorkshire and Lancashire, and Glamorgan and Monmouth. The restrictions include a prohibition on store markets for pigs.