§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer of 18 April,Official Report, column 102, and of 4 April, Official Report, columns 1057–58, when he expects to be able to make a statement on banning the export of calves to be reared in veal crates. [21113]
§ Mrs. BrowningMy right hon. Friend has already explained on various occasions that it is not his policy, for both practical and legal reasons, to ban the export of calves to be reared in veal crates. Lawyers are currently examining, at his request, the complex arguments, recently submitted by the RSPCA and the International Fund for Animal Welfare, as to how they consider that a ban might be legally defended.
§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he has any plans to stop people with convictions for cruelty to livestock from being allowed to continue exporting livestock. [21329]
§ Mrs. BrowningI refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply that I gave to the hon. Member for Newport, West (Mr. Flynn) in the House on 23 February 1995,Official Report, 23 February 1995, column 475.