§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the budget for the promotion campaign of British beef abroad being led by the Minister of State, the right hon. Member for Gateshead, East and Washington, West (Ms Quin). [102061]
§ Mr. Nick Brown[holding answer 9 December 1999]: My right hon. Friend the Minister of State will lead a team to target several key markets to try to agree the export health certification necessary to allow imports of British beef. The cost of this will be met from existing budgets, as part of our ongoing activities to get import bans lifted around the world.
§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what percentage of the meat and meat offal of bovine animals exported in 1995 would be eligible for export under the Date-Based Export Scheme. [102060]
§ Mr. Nick Brown[holding answer 9 December 1999]: None. It is a fundamental condition of the Date Based Export Scheme that among other things the animals from which beef for export is derived must have been born after 1 August 1996.