Clause 1 - Foot-and-mouth disease
Animal Health Bill
9:15 am
Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 20, in page 1, leave out lines 9 and 10 and insert—
``(c) any animals the Minister has reasonable justification to believe should be slaughtered after consultation with an independent veterinary surgeon and the owners of the animals, and the provision of a notice containing a reasoned justification, with 48 hours notice of slaughter with a view to preventing the spread of foot-and-mouth disease.''