HC Deb 20 July 2000 vol 354 cc263-4W
Mr. Yeo

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if any specified risk material has been imported for destruction in this country. [131378]

Mr. Nick Brown

[holding answer 18 July 2000]: The Specified Risk Material Order 1997 and the Specified Risk Material (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, in force since 1 January 1998, do not permit the importation of SRM into the UK for destruction.

Mr. Yeo

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the applications he has received seeking permission to import specified risk material into this country, indicating in each case the(a) name of the applicant, (b) date of the application and (c) outcome of the application. [131377]

Mr. Nick Brown

[holding answer 18 July 2000]: Since the introduction of the Specified Risk Material Order 1997 and the Specified Risk Material (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 on 1 January 1998, eight applications have been received to import SRM into the UK, all of which were approved. Details of the names of the applicants are commercially confidential.