HC Deb 30 October 2002 vol 391 cc816-7W
Bob Spink

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimates she has made of the number of live animals exported from the UK for slaughter which are then returned to the UK for sale. [75474]

Mr. Morley

Statistics on exports of live animals for slaughter are available as are those on imports of various kinds of meat and meat products. Statistics linking imports of meat and meat products to animals which had been exported are not

available. We are not aware of any animals exported from the UK for slaughter which have been returned to the UK for sale.

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