IMPACTS OF LIVESTOCK DISEASE

Early day motion 2885, tabled 31 October 2006 by Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 20 members.

That this House believes that the economic, social and emotional costs of livestock disease fall most heavily on farmers, their families and their communities; recalls the huge cost to rural communities of the foot and mouth disease outbreak in 2001; notes the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' consultation which focuses on the financial cost of animal disease outbreaks; and opposes any move to place an animal disease levy on farmers as this would add insult to injury in cases of future outbreaks of the disease.

Signatures by party: Conservative 8, Labour 6, Liberal Democrat 6.