§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will maintain centrally a publicly-available register of animals and birds which die whilst being held in quarantine in accordance with the Diseases of Animals Act 1950.
§ Mr. StrangMy right hon. Friend already makes to Parliament a return of proceedings for each calendar year as required by Section 58 of the Diseases of Animals Act 1950. This return contains amongst other things details of animals landed in Great Britain, whether they are quarantined or otherwise, and records the numbers of those animals which are found to be diseased. Although my right hon. Friend is required to include in the return only those animals which come within the scope of the 1950 Act, he hopes in future to give similar details as far as possible about birds that are landed here.