HL Deb 26 February 2003 vol 645 c39WA
Earl Peel

asked Her Majesty's Government:

In view of the new European decision by which equids will have to have a passport, whether it would be preferable for the decision to require that no equid be sold into the meat trade unless it has a passport. [HL1702]

Lord Whitty

Requiring only equidae sold to the meat trade to have a passport would not meet the requirements of Commission Decision 2000/68/EC, adopted in December 1999, which requires all equidae to have a passport.