§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which British regions currently have no abattoir licensed to slaughter cattle under the over-30-months scheme. [131912]
§ Ms Quin[holding answer 21 July 2000]Tenders for over-30-months scheme abattoir services were considered and contracts awarded on a regional basis. The only region without its own abattoir is East Anglia, which was grouped with the South East of England as a single region in view of the small number of cattle coming forward for slaughter from these areas, as compared with the rest of Great Britain. I will be placing in the Library of the House a copy of a map locating the OTMS abattoirs.