HC Deb 05 May 1998 vol 311 cc303-4W
Mr. Mitchell

To ask the Minister without Portfolio what assessment he has made of the millennium compliance of the computer systems used in the Millennium Experience. [38456]

Mr. Mandelson

The New Millennium Experience Company (NMEC) requires all suppliers to provide assurances that their products and systems are millennium compliant. The Company is taking additional steps to verify these assurances on delivery.

how many live (1) sheep and (2) pigs in each of these categories were exported to each individual country of destination. [37196]

Mr. Rooker

[pursuant to his reply, 20 April 1998, c. 488–89]: The table, derived from Departmental records, gives details of sheep and pigs certified for export from the United Kingdom. The figures do not include information on the number of sheep exported from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland as sheep are not officially certified for such trade under a special arrangement provided for in EC trade rules.