Written Question · S1W-30180 · Session 1
What representations it has made to Her Majesty's Government on the EU Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare's proposals…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to Her Majesty's Government on the EU Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare's proposals to alter the animal welfare regulations governing the transport of livestock by sea.
The answer
The Scottish Executive has made the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs fully aware of the Executive's concern about some of the Committee's recommendations and, in particular, the recommendation about restricting animal transport by sea in winds of force 5 or greater. A case stressing the specific problems which the Committee's recommendations, if adopted, would pose for the livestock industry in the Highlands and Islands, has been made.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-30180 by reference.