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Disease Risk Insurance

Volume 407: debated on Monday 16 June 2003

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement of her Department's policy towards compulsory disease risk insurance for farmers. [118327]

The Government has no current plans to introduce a policy of compulsory disease risk insurance for farmers. However, the Government is preparing to consult stakeholders on proposals for an animal disease levy. We hope to launch this consultation later this summer.