§ Andrew GeorgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to her answer of 16 January 2003,Official Report, column 742W, on tallow, if the contract with Ulster Farm By Products forms part of the current tender exercise for the incineration of tallow arising from carcasses culled under the over-30-month scheme. [107947]
§ Alun MichaelThe contract, under which the company is already purchasing over-30-month scheme tallow as it is produced, does not form part of the current tender for the sale of stored tallow from the scheme.
§ Andrew GeorgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to her answer of 16 January 2003,Official Report, column 742W, on tallow, what the end dates are for 277W each of the contracts awarded for the incineration of tallow arising from carcasses culled under the over-30-month scheme; and what the annual tonnage is under each of those contracts. [107948]
§ Alun MichaelThe contracts for the purchase of over30-months scheme tallow listed in my earlier reply are open-ended, on a 'take and pay' basis, with no volumes guaranteed.