Foot and Mouth (Hansard, 23 March 2001)

HC Deb 23 March 2001 vol 365 cc397-8W 397W

§ Mr. Peter Ainsworth
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the meetings and conferences organised by his
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Department and agencies of his Department which have been (a) cancelled and (b) postponed owing to foot and mouth disease; and if he will make a statement. [155374]

§ Mr. Meacher
The information requested is not held centrally. We would not expect cancellation or postponement of meetings and conferences to be necessary unless in a venue involving contact with susceptible livestock or land used by such livestock, and my Department and its agencies will continue supporting rural businesses in line with the Government's guidelines.