Quarantine Regulations

EDM number 804 in 1991-92, proposed by Simon Hughes on 04/03/1992.

That this House is seriously concerned by the proposal of the European Commission's Veterinary Committee to replace quarantine regulations by combining blood tests with vaccination; agrees with the British Veterinary Association and the Quarantine Kennel Owners' Association as well as the Royal Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals that vaccinations are not proven to be 100 per cent effective against rabies; believes that problems of identification make pet passports an inadequate safeguard against unvaccinated animals being smuggled into the United Kingdom; is alarmed at the prospect of an outbreak of rabies in Britain which would inevitably lead to thousands of animals being put down to prevent the spread of the virus; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to vigorously put Britain's case in EC negotiations and to resist any proposals to relax quarantine regulations until there is convincing scientific evidence that vaccination is 100 per cent. effective.

This motion has been signed by a total of 10 MPs.