asked Her Majesty's Government:

With reference to the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Export Regulations) 2007 (SI 2007/2489) which came into force at 11pm on 24 August 2007, why the section on prohibition of personal exports effective until 25 August 2007 under the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/2375) was not included; and [HL915]

With reference to the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/2375), the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Export Regulations) 2007 (SI 2007/2489) and the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (No. 3) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/2712), whether the prohibition on personal exports of banned items was non-operational from 11pm on 24 August until 8pm on 13 September; whether any such personal exports took place between 25 August and 13 September; and, if so, what they were composed of and in what quantities. [HL916]

Personal exports were permitted between 25 August and 13 September, as the foot and mouth disease (FMD) restrictions only applied to a small area surrounding the initial outbreak. Information concerning the type and quantity of personal exports from Great Britain (GB) is not recorded.

Restrictions (including the personal export ban) on the whole of GB were reinstated on 13 September, following the discovery of further FMD outbreaks.