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Session 11467: 1996-09-12 00:00:00

Motion on BSE introduced and referred to Forum. [Time of meeting unknown].

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Motion on BSE

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This Forum, appalled at the continuing crisis in Northern Ireland's beef industry, demands:

1. that Northern Ireland be recognized as having special status for BSE purposes so that the world-wide export ban can be lifted as quickly as possible;

2. that the backlog of cattle in the over-30-months cattle slaughter scheme be eliminated;

3. that BSE "flagging" should apply to herds, not holdings, and that a voluntary "buy-up" scheme be introduced for BSE "flagged" suckler herds;

4. that specific beef intervention for Northern Ireland be introduced;

5. that Government provide fair and adequate compensation for beef producers, in keeping with previous commitments; and

6. that HLCAs be increased in the autumn review.

Furthermore, the Forum condemns the Minister responsible for agriculture, Baroness Denton, and the Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Douglas Hogg, for their failure to safeguard the Northern Ireland beef industry.

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