HC Deb 16 February 1989 vol 147 cc344-5W
71. Mr. Ron Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has received any recent representations from the National Farmers' Union of Scotland about egg production; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Officials of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland have met representatives of the National Farmers Union of Scotland to discuss what further action might be taken to tackle the problem of salmonella in eggs. The union generally welcomed the measures announced by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on 18 January at columns214–15.