§ Lord Lucasasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is their best estimate of the number of calves born in the United Kingdom in 2003 with BSE. [HL1791]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Whitty)We do not expect any calves born in 2003 to have BSE because the national feed controls should be effective and the introduction of the ban on the use of mammalian protein in farm livestock in other EU member states in January 2001 should provide additional security.