HC Deb 02 April 1996 vol 275 c196W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans he has to ban the import of all animal feedstuffs containing mammalian meat, other animal and butchers' wastes and bonemeal. [23326]

Mrs. Browning

The proposed restrictions on mammalian meat and bonemeal will apply equally to mammalian meat and bonemeal imported from other countries.

Mr. Welsh

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the location and volume of stocks of meat bonemeal feed in(a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the United Kingdom. [23355]

Mrs. Browning

[holding answer 28 March 1996]: Detailed information is not available on the total stocks of meat and bonemeal held in the United Kingdom. However, information is available on the stocks held by all known compounders in Great Britain which produce animal feedingstuffs for sale. The following figures include estimates for such producers in Northern Ireland: Scotland: 56 tonnes Rest of the UK: 2,053 tonnes