Foot and Mouth

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:04 pm on 27 March 2001.

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Photo of Derek Twigg Derek Twigg Labour, Halton 4:04, 27 March 2001

As we are now burying carcases, will that reduce the need to send them to rendering plants such as the one in my constituency? I am concerned that my right hon. Friend says that there seem to be some unrecorded movements of livestock. In his view, are there perhaps deliberate attempts to hide things for financial gain? There were some dodgy practices leading to BSE. A National Audit Office report on set-aside policy found more than 1,000 irregularities. Is there something wrong in the farming industry that we should know about?