To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when his Department will be issuing details of the regulations for registration by poultry flocks; and what is the date by which registration is required.

The Poultry Laying Flocks (Testing and Registration etc.) Order 1989 and the Poultry Breeding Flocks and Hatcheries (Registration and Testing) Order 1989 came into operation on 26 October 1989 apart from the registration requirement which applies from 2 April. Details of the arrangements were circulated on a wide scale in October, registration application forms have been circulated and a reminder about registration will be issued shortly.