HC Deb 18 April 2000 vol 348 cc463-4W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he last met the Chief Executive of the Meat Hygiene Service; and if he will make a statement. [117724]

Ms Stuart

[holding answer 13 April 2000]: The Meat Hygiene Service (MHS) transferred from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to become a next steps agency of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) when the FSA was established on 1 April. I have not met the chief executive and have no current plans to do so. I am advised by the FSA however, that the MHS Chief Executive has regular meetings with the Chairman of the FSA (Sir John Krebs).