§ Mr. Laurence RobertsonTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what his Department's policy is towards passports for calves, in respect of(a) charges and (b) the timescale of registration; what changes his Department is planning to the scheme; and if he will make a statement. [18393]
§ Mr. RookerI announced on 12 November that the Government had decided to charge for the new computerised cattle tracing system via cattle passports. However decisions have yet to be taken about whether to charge for the temporary calf passport as well as the full cattle passport and as to how the movements of animals with temporary calf passports will be recorded on the cattle tracing system.