§ Mr. Hicksasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what are the conditions that must apply for a farmer to receive financial compensation in the event of a TB reactor being found in his herd; the basis on which this compensation amount is fixed; the actual financial range of compensation now being paid for different types of cattle; and when the present conditions of the schemes and actual levels of payment were first introduced.
§ Mr. StrangCompensation is paid to a farmer if one or more of his cattle react to an official tuberculin test. For a reactor, the amount paid is 75 per cent. of the open market value of the animal, 529W assessed as if it had not reacted to the test, subject to a maximum of £180 compensation. For a healthy animal taken as a dangerous contact, the full market value is paid. The range of compensation paid for different types of cattle is not readily available. The scheme is contained in the Tuberculosis Order 1964, as amended, and in the Tuberculosis (Compensation) Order 1964, as amended. The present maximum of £180 for reactors was introduced on 1st June 1972.