Licences (Hansard, 23 July 1996)

§ Mr. Boswell

[holding answer 19 July 1996]: The Ministry is responsible for issuing the following business licences:

Registration of owners or keepers of pigs with local MAFF animal health office;
Registration of owners or keepers of cattle with local animal health office;
Registration of poultry breeding flocks and hatcheries;
Approval of premises handling specified bovine offal;
Approval and registration of premises handling animal by-products;
Registration of animal protein processors;
Licences for processing of waste food;
Licences for holding of waste food;
Licence to hold animal markets held on unpaved premises;
Importation and transfer of pathogens and carriers of pathogens under Import of Animal Pathogens Order 1980;
Importation of pathogens and carriers of pathogens under Specified Animal Pathogens Order 1993;
Importation and quarantine of rabies-susceptible animals;
Registration by owners or keepers of sheep or goats with local Animal Health Offices;
Registration of premises recovering meat from bovine bones by mechanical processes;
Registration of laboratories under the Poultry Breeding Hocks and Hatcheries Order 1993;
Registration of laboratories under the Processed Animal Protein Order 1989;
Movement of processed animal protein which has been tested for salmonella
Exemption licence from requirement to test material for salmonella;
Movement of bulls to a semen collection centre to donate semen;
Storage of bovine semen;
Processing of bovine semen;
Farm storage of bovine semen;
Supply of bovine semen (including semen shops);
Sheep and goats: embryo collection teams and semen collection centre;
Operation of a farm storage servicing business;
Bovine embryo collection/production/transfer teams and storage facilities;
Movement of boars to semen collection centres to donate semen;
Operation of a porcine semen collection centre;
Importation of genetic material from sheep, goats, pigs and cattle;
Importation of captive birds, poultry and hatching eggs;
Importation of cattle, sheep, goats, other ruminating animals and swine;
Importation of hay and straw;
Food irradiation and licensing of premises;
Export of breeding animals;
Export of horses and ponies;
Classifiers of beef carcasses;
Licences to control the deposit of material at sea;
Registration of milk production holdings;
Approval of establishments processing dairy products;
Approval of egg product establishments;
Commercial fishing in external and specified waters;
Commercial fishing in community waters;
Trans-shipment of pelagic sea fish;
Transit licence for queen bees between third countries via the UK;
Importation of live and dead bees for research purposes;
Importation of queen bees from third countries;
Burning of heather, grass gorse or vaccinium at certain times of year;
Keeping of mink for fur-farming;
Licensing of slaughtermen;
Approval of fresh meat premises (including slaughterhouses and premises exporting wild game);
Approval of meat products and other products of animal origin premises and premises manufacturing minced meat and meat preparations for trade with member states;
Importation of animal and poultry products;
Registration of egg packing stations;
Registration of egg producers to market eggs with a Special Marketing Term;
Registration of hatcheries and breeding establishments;
Importation, moving or keeping of prohibited plant material, soil, pests etc;
Disposal of waste from imported vegetables;
Plant protection products: approval under EC rules for sale, supply and use;
Plant protection products: approval for R&D under EC rules;
Pesticide products: approval under UK rules for sale, supply, advertisement, storage and use;
Pesticide products: experimental permits for supply, storage and use granted under UK rules;
Authorisation of pesticide adjuvants under UK rules;
Purchase of strychnine to kill moles;
Registration of seed merchants, processors and packers;
Licensed seed testing stations;
Licensed seed samplers;
Licensed crop inspectors;
Registration of fish and shellfish farms;
Importation of salmonid viscera from third countries;
Importation of live fish and shellfish (and their eggs and gametes) from third countries;
Deposit of lobsters in designated areas;
Animal test certificates;
Manufacturer's licence for veterinary medicines;
Wholesale dealer's licence for veterinary medicines;
Product licences for zootechnical feed additives;
Marketing authorisations for veterinary medicinal products.
Information on the administration costs associated with each licence could only be provided at disproportionate cost.