§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Caerphilly on 12 June,Official Report, column 298, whether the suspected cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy at markets were all identified by veterinary inspection; and how many of the cases identified at slaughterhouses were located at (a) European Economic Community-approved and (b) non-European Economic Community-approved slaughterhouses.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonThe 18 suspected cases of BSE identified at markets were inspected by Ministry veterinary staff, having been reported to the Ministry by various individuals at the markets. The information requested about the status of the slaughterhouses is not available for the period in question. Arrangements have been made to record this information in future.
§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in theOfficial Report, a table showing the number of confirmed cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy for each county in England and Wales for the four-week period ended 16 June.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonThe information is given in the table:
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County Confirmed cases Avon 7 Bedfordshire 1 Berkshire 4 Buckinghamshire 1 Cambridgeshire 1 Cheshire 13 Clwyd 7 Cornwall 33 Cumbria 12 Derbyshire 7 Devon 64 Dorset 45 Durham 3 Dyfed 23 Essex 1 Glamorgan, Mid 1 Glamorgan, West 1 Gloucestershire 12 Gwent 4 Gwynedd 4 Hampshire 18 Hereford and Worcestershire 11 Hertfordshire 1 Isle of Wight 3 Kent 14 Lancashire 1 Leicestershire 12 Lincolnshire 6 Manchester 1 Norfolk 4 Northamptonshire 5 Northumberland 5 Nottinghamshire 3 Oxon 5 Powys 9 Salop 16 Somerset 45 Staffordshire 5 Suffolk 3 Surrey 4 Sussex, East 4 Sussex, West 13 Warwickshire 5
County Confirmed cases Wiltshire 28 Yorkshire, North 6 Yorkshire, West 1