§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what evidence he has received from the German652W Government to support allegations that the slaughter measures originally proposed by the British Government in March in respect of BSE were inadequate on health grounds. [31819]
§ Mrs. BrowningI have been asked to reply.
None. The Government's bovine spongiform encephalopathy eradication plan was approved unanimously by the Commission's Standing Veterinary Committee on 19 June and adopted unanimously by the European Council at Florence on 21 June. The Prime Minister made a full statement to the House on 24 June, Official Report, columns 21–24.