HC Deb 06 December 1979 vol 975 c319W
Mr. Nicholas Baker

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will consider making any provision for compensation payable to owners of bees destroyed under the provisions of the Bees Bill for the purpose of eradicating varroasis.

Mr. Wiggin

It has been the policy of successive Governments that the cost of controlling diseases of bees should be borne by beekeepers and not be a charge on the public purse. The Bill was not amended in Standing Committee.

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