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Foot and Mouth Disease: Egham

Volume 472: debated on Wednesday 5 March 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what meetings the regional Minister for the South East has had with (a) the chief veterinary officer and (b) the Prime Minister on the foot and mouth outbreak in Egham in 2007. (191624)

The regional Minister for the South East is also the DEFRA Minister for Marine, Landscape and Rural Affairs. He was therefore in constant contact with the chief veterinary officer throughout the foot and mouth disease outbreak in 2007. He also attended COBRA briefing sessions, visited some areas of the South East affected by the outbreak and briefed relevant local Members of Parliament on the situation as it developed.