§ Lord Hardy of Wathasked Her Majesty's Government:
What action will be taken to speed up the arrangements for valuing animals that have to be slaughtered because of foot and mouth disease. [HL1423]
§ The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Baroness Hayman)An order has been made to change the valuation procedure for 17WA animals slaughtered for foot and mouth disease. This order gives farmers the option of payments at standard rates, or of having animals valued by a valuer. This is intended to help speed up the valuation process and so ensure that animals can be slaughtered as quickly as possible.
The standard rates of valuation are as follows:
£ Sheep Breeding ewes (in lamb/lamb at foot) 90 Cull/draft ewes 32 Hoggets (male and female old season's lamb) 55 New season's lamb 60 Rams 150 Pigs Gilts 190 Breeding Sows 130 Cull sows 80 Piglets on sow 18 Stores: Breeding units (weaners) 30 Stores: Finishing unit 55 Boars 520 Cattle Clean cattle: Steers (under 30 months old) 600 Clean cattle: heifers (under 30 months old) 500 Clean cattle: young bulls (under 30 months old) 580 Breeding cows 1,100 Breeding heifers 900 Breeding bulls 1,000 Cull cattle (including clean cattle over 30 months old) 325