Compensation For Swill Feeders

EDM number 830 in 2004-05, proposed by George Howarth on 03/03/2005.

That this House notes that the practice of feeding swill to pigs was banned three months after the outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) on 24th May 2001; further notes that the outbreak of FMD is generally accepted to have originated at Burnside Farm, Northumberland; further notes that 62 swill feeders were put out of business as a result of the ban and that the use of swill could only be carried out under a licence issued under the Animal By Products Order 1999 and in accordance with its requirements; further notes that the owners of Burnside Farm were only licensed to feed swill to pigs and that no licensed processor was convicted of having broken that Order; and, whilst accepting that the banning of swill is a matter for veterinary and scientific advice, joins with the Country Land and Business Association together with the Association of Swill Users to call on the Government to compensate those who lost their livelihoods as a result of the ban.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.