§ Mr. TylerTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list, for each of his Department's regions, the annual expenditure figures and forecasts for(a) countryside access schemes, (b) countryside stewardships, (c) environmentally sensitive areas, (d) farm and conservations grant schemes, (e) farm woodland premium schemes, (f) habitat schemes, (g) nitrate sensitive areas, (h) moorland schemes and (i) organic aid schemes for each year between 1990–91 and 1998–99. [33995]
§ Mr. Boswell[holding answer 24 June 1996]: The following table provides the information. For the farm and conservation grant scheme, I am able to provide the expenditure by region for the years 1989–90 to 1995–96. The information for the other schemes is not available on a regional basis.
the enforcement of meat staining regulations; and if he will seek to amend them to require the transportation of condemned meat to be carried out in sealed containers. [33728]
§ Mrs. Browning[holding answer 25 June 1996]The control and supervision of the slaughter and processing of cattle aged over 30 months is undertaken by the Meat Hygiene Service in Great Britain and the Department of Agriculture, Northern Ireland veterinary service in Northern Ireland on behalf of the Intervention Board executive agency, to which they regularly report. This includes responsibility for enforcement of meat staining requirements. It is already a requirement under 171W Commission regulation 716/96 that stained material must be transported in sealed containers to specially authorised incineration or rendering plants for processing and destruction to prevent its entry into the human or animal food chains.