§ Mr. KidneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 30 March 2001,Official Report, column 815W, on foot and mouth, if he will amend the criteria for entry on to the list of authorities able to give relief from business rates to include the incidence of foot and mouth cases within an authority's boundaries. [157088]
§ Mr. MeacherI have agreed to keep under review the operation of the special grant for hardship rate relief scheme in relation to foot and mouth disease impacts and I will look at representations which individual authorities make on the scheme.