Volume 9: Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Index

N

National Farmers' Union  2

National Farmers' Union (Scotland)

National Farmers' Union (Wales)

National Health Service (NHS)  2

Needham, Mr Richard

Neubert, Mr Michael

Neuropathogenesis Unit (NPU)

NHS see National Health Service

North of Scotland Agricultural College

Northern Ireland  2,  3,  4

Northern Ireland Act 1974

Northern Ireland Assembly (Dissolution) Order 1975

Northern Ireland Assembly (Prorogation) Order 1974

Northern Ireland Assembly Act

Northern Ireland Civil Service

Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973

Northern Ireland Executive

Northern Ireland Local Government Action Committee

Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Office, departmental responsibilities  2

Northern Ireland Office, Ministers

Northern Ireland Parliament

Northern Ireland Parliament, Departments of

Northern Ireland, absence of BSE  2

Northern Ireland, agriculture

Northern Ireland, Agriculture Department

Northern Ireland, animal health legislation

Northern Ireland, assessment of the risk to human health

Northern Ireland, BSE control measures

Northern Ireland, constitutional and legislative framework

Northern Ireland, cumulative herd incidence of BSE

Northern Ireland, decision-making process

Northern Ireland, emergence of BSE

Northern Ireland, enforcement

Northern Ireland, Export Certified Herds Scheme

Northern Ireland, food safety legislation

Northern Ireland, Health Department

Northern Ireland, import controls

Northern Ireland, island status

Northern Ireland, medical professionals

Northern Ireland, notification requirements

Northern Ireland, Orders in Council

Northern Ireland, peak of BSE epidemic  2

Northern Ireland, population

Northern Ireland, rendering industry

Northern Ireland, responsibilities and concerns

Northern Ireland, responsibilities of with regard to BSE

Northern Ireland, SEAC representation

Northern Ireland, slaughtering industry

Northern Ireland, statutory framework and responsibilities  2

Northern Ireland, trade with European Union

notification of BSE in Northern Ireland, delay in  2

NPU see Neuropathogenesis Unit

O

offal

offal, bovine  2,  3

offal, from young animals  2

Official Veterinary Surgeon (OVS)  2

on-farm mixing  2

Orr, Mr W

OVS see Official Veterinary Surgeon

ox-bungs, as haggis casings

P

Packer, Mr Richard (now Sir)  2

Paisley, Reverend Ian

Palmer, Dr Stephen (now Professor)  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11

Parliamentary Questions  2,  3

Parliamentary Secretary, MAFF  2,  3,  4

Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State, Northern Ireland Office

Parliamentary Under-Secretary

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Lords)

Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Scottish Office

Pattison, Professor

PDM see Prosper De Mulder

pedigree cattle

pedigree cattle, export of

Pentland House

Permanent Secretary, DANI  2,  3

Permanent Secretary, Department of Health

Permanent Secretary, DHSS  2

Permanent Secretary, MAFF

Permanent Secretary, Welsh Office  2,  3,  4

pet food, bovine offal in  2

PHF see Public Health and Family Division

PHLS see Public Health Laboratory Service

PHPU see Public Health Policy Unit

Pickles, Dr Hilary  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15

pigs  2

pigs, bovine offal feed

pigs, BSE risk in

pigs, MBM in food

Pitsham Farm, Sussex

Podmore, Mr Graham  2

policy decisions and legislative action

population

poultry  2

poultry, bovine offal feed

poultry, MBM in food

Prime Minister

Principal Medical Officer  2

Principal Medical Officer, Scotland

Principal Officer, Animal Health Division, DANI

Prosper De Mulder (PDM)

protein supplements

Public Health and Family Division (PHF)

Public Health Committees

Public Health Group, Scottish Office

Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS)  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

Public Health Policy Unit (PHPU)  2

puma, transmissible spongiform encephalopathy in

Q

Queen's University, Belfast

R

Raine, Dr Helen

RCDLG see Regional Communicable Diseases Liaison Group

Redwood, Mr John  2

Reed, Mr Jim

Rees, Mr William  2,  3,  4,  5

Regional Communicable Diseases Liaison Group (RCDLG)  2,  3

Regional Councils

Regional Veterinary Officer (RVO)  2,  3,  4

Regional Veterinary Officer (RVO), Scotland  2

Regulations and Orders

renderers  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8

rendering  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

rendering plants  2,  3

rendering plants, contamination at

rendering, pressure

rendering, temperature

rendering, time

Rennie, Mr Adam  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

Republic of Ireland  2,  3,  4

Republic of Ireland, absence of BSE  2

Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland relationship with

Republic of Ireland, ruminant feed ban  2

Republic of Ireland, scrapie in

RFB see ruminant feed ban

Richardson, Mr John

Richmond Committee  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

Rifkind, Mr Malcolm (now Sir)  2,  3

Rooney, Mr E

Roslin Institute

Rowett Research Institute

Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland  2,  3

Royal Environmental Institute for Scotland

Ruchill Hospital

ruminant feed ban (RFB)  2,  3,  4

ruminant feed ban (RFB), Northern Ireland  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10

ruminant feed ban (RFB), Republic of Ireland  2

ruminant protein  2,  3

RVO see Regional Veterinary Officer

S

SAC see Scottish Agricultural College

Sackville, Mr Thomas

Salmon, Dr Roland  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11

salmonella  2

Sanderson, Lord  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13

sausage casings  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

SBO see Specified Bovine Offal

Scholar, Mr Michael (now Sir)  2

school meals

schools, supply of bovine eyeballs to

SCIEH see Scottish Centre for Infections and Environmental Health

Science Service, DANI  2

Scientific Veterinary Committee of the European Commission

Scotland  2,  3

Scotland, animal health legislation

Scotland, assessment of human health risk

Scotland, cumulative herd incidence of BSE

Scotland, emergence of BSE

Scotland, food safety legislation  2

Scotland, peak of BSE epidemic  2

Scotland, rendering industry  2

Scotland, responsibilities and concerns

Scotland, SEAC representation

Scotland, statutory framework and responsibilities  2

Scotland, trade with European Union

Scottish Agricultural College (SAC)

Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers

Scottish Centre for Infections and Environmental Health (SCIEH)  2

Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum

Scottish Education Department (SED)  2

Scottish Farmers' Union

Scottish Federation of Meat Traders' Associations (SFMTA)  2

Scottish Home and Health Department (SHHD)  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12

Scottish Information Office

Scottish Office  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15

Scottish Office Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries Department (SOAEFD)

Scottish Office Department of Health (SODH)

Scottish Office Education and Industry Department  2

Scottish Office Food Safety Group

Scottish Office Home Department (SOHD)

Scottish Office, departmental responsibilities  2

Scottish Office, Health Departments

Scottish Office, leaks in

Scottish Office, Medical Services  2

Scottish Office, Ministers  2,  3

Scottish Office, research bodies

Scottish Office, response to BSE

Scottish Scientific Equipment Research Centre (SSERC)  2

scrapie  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11

scrapie, low incidence in Northern Ireland

scrapie, vertical transmission  2

Scudamore, Mr James  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11

SEAC see Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee

Secretary of State  2,  3,  4,  5

Secretary of State for Health  2,  3,  4

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland  2,  3

Secretary of State for Scotland  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8

Secretary of State for Wales  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12

SED see Scottish Education Department

Select Committee on Agriculture

Senior Medical Officer (SMO)  2

Senior Medical Officer (SMO), Northern Ireland

Senior Medical Officer (SMO), Scottish Office  2,  3

Senior Medical Officer (SMO), Welsh Office

Senior Principal Veterinary Officer

SFMTA see Scottish Federation of Meat Traders' Associations

Shannon, Mr Gregg  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8

sheep  2,  3,  4

sheep farming

sheep offal

sheep scab

sheep stomachs, as haggis casings

sheepmeat

Shephard, Mrs Gillian  2

SHHD see Scottish Home and Health Department

silage

Simpson, Professor David

Sinclair, Mr L  2

Skelmersdale, Lord  2

Skinner, Dr Rosalind  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

slaughter and compensation policy  2,  3,  4

slaughter, compulsory

slaughterhouse workers

slaughterhouses  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21

Slaughterhouses Act (NI) 1953

slaughterhouses, practices within  2,  3,  4,  5

slaughtering  2,  3

smallholdings

Smith, Mr Joseph (now Sir)

SMO see Senior Medical Officer

smuggling  2

SOAEFD see Scottish Office Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries Department

SODH see Scottish Office Department of Health

SOHD see Scottish Office Home Department

solvent extraction  2

Southwood Report  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10

Southwood Working Party  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11

Southwood, Sir Richard  2

Specified Bovine Offal (Amendment) Order 1995

Specified Bovine Offal (SBO)  2,  3

Specified Bovine Offal (SBO), animal ban  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

Specified Bovine Offal (SBO), controls

Specified Bovine Offal (SBO), disposal of  2

Specified Bovine Offal (SBO), human ban  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

Specified Bovine Offal (SBO), regulations

Specified Bovine Offal (Treatment and Disposal) Regulations (NI) 1995

Specified Bovine Offal Order (NI) (SI 1995/458)

Specified Bovine Offal Order 1995  2,  3

Specified Bovine Offal Order 1995 (SI 1995/1928)

spinal cord  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

spleen  2

Spongiform Encephalopathy (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 199

Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC)  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24

Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC), pigeonholing of papers by DAFS

Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC), restricted access to deliberations of

SSERC see Scottish Scientific Equipment Research Centre

St Andrew's House

staining  2

State Veterinary Officer (SVO)

State Veterinary Service (SVS)  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13

State Veterinary Service (SVS), Scotland

sterilisation  2

store

store calves

store cattle  2

store lambs

Strathclyde region

Strathclyde, Lord

Sub-Acute Spongiform Encephalopathies, Brussels seminar

subclinical infection

Sullivan, Mr E W  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

surgical sutures

SVO see State Veterinary Officer

SVS see State Veterinary Service

swine fever

swine vesicular disease

Symington, Mr J  2

T

tallow  2

Taylor, Mr John

Taylor, Mr Kenneth

Taylor, Mr Kevin

Tayside Regional Council

Territorial Departments  2

Territorial Departments, access to expert advice

Territorial Departments, communication on BSE within

Territorial Departments, nature of communication from Whitehall

Territorial Departments, policy decisions

Territorial Departments, responsibilities

Territorial Departments, see also Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales

Territorial Departments, timing of communication from Whitehall

Territorial Departments, working relations with Whitehall

territorial Ministers

territorial responsibilities

Thompson, Mr Donald (now Sir)  2

Thomson, Mr George  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8

Thores, Dr

thymus  2,  3

Toal, Mr Pat  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

Tolworth  2

Tomlinson, Sir Bernard  2

tonsils  2

Transfer of Functions Order 1955  2

transmissible spongiform encephalopathy  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

transport of cattle

transport of meat

Treasury

Trumpington, Baroness

tuberculosis  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

Tuberculosis Control Order (NI) (SR&O(NI) 1964/31)

typhoid

Tyrrell Committee see Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee

Tyrrell Report

Tyrrell, Dr David  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

U

UFU see Ulster Farmers' Union

UK Agricultural Supply Trade Association (UKASTA)  2

UK Agricultural Supply Trade Association (UKASTA), Code of Practice for Cross Contamination in Feedingstuffs Manufacture

UKASTA see UK Agricultural Supply Trade Association

UKRA see United Kingdom Renderers' Association

Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU)  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

Under Secretary for Animal Health, MAFF

Under Secretary, WOAD  2,  3

unfit meat  2

United Kingdom Agricultural Supply Trade Association (UKASTA)

United Kingdom Renderers' Association (UKRA)  2

V

VAWO see Veterinary Adviser to the Welsh Office

vertical transmission of BSE  2

vertical transmission of scrapie  2

Veterinary Adviser to the Scottish Office  2

Veterinary Adviser to the Welsh Office (VAWO)  2,  3

Veterinary Adviser, MAFF  2

Veterinary Field Service (VFS)  2

Veterinary Head of Section (Scotland)

Veterinary Investigation Centres (VICs)

Veterinary Investigation Centres (VICs), Scotland

Veterinary Investigation Diagnostic Analysis (VIDA) system

Veterinary Investigation Service (VI Service)

Veterinary Investigation Service (VI Service), Scotland

Veterinary Officer  2,  3

Veterinary Record

Veterinary Research Laboratory (VRL)  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8

Veterinary Science Laboratory see Veterinary Research Laboratory

Veterinary Service, Northern Ireland  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11

VFS see Veterinary Field Service

VI Service see Veterinary Investigation Service

VICs see Veterinary Investigation Centres

VIDA see Veterinary Investigation Diagnostic Analysis (VIDA) system

VRL see Veterinary Research Laboratory

W

Waldegrave, Mr William

Wales  2,  3

Wales, animal health legislation  2

Wales, cumulative herd incidence of BSE

Wales, emergence of BSE

Wales, feed companies

Wales, food safety legislation  2

Wales, gross agricultural product

Wales, incidence of CJD in

Wales, local government

Wales, peak of BSE epidemic  2

Wales, responsibilities and concerns

Wales, SEAC representation

Wales, State Veterinary Service

Wales, statutory framework and responsibilities  2

Walford, Dr Diana

Walker, Mr Peter (now Lord Walker)  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

warble fly  2

waste  2,  3

Watkin, Mr Graham

Welsh Office  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13

Welsh Office Agriculture Department (WOAD)  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16

Welsh Office Agriculture Department, Farm Animal Health and Welfare

Welsh Office Health Department (WOHD)  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

Welsh Office, departmental responsibilities  2

Welsh Office, Health Administrators

Welsh Office, Health Professionals Group  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

Welsh Office, Ministers  2

Welsh Office, Public Health and Family Division

Welsh Office, Public Health Laboratory Service  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

Welsh Regional Meat Hygiene Adviser

West Glamorgan Education Authority

West of Scotland Agricultural College

Western General Hospital

Westminster

white puddings

Whitehall  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19

Whitehall, nature of communication from

Whitehall, timing of communication from

Whitehall, working relationship with Territorial Departments on BSE

WHO see World Health Organisation

Wight, Dr Ailsa  2,  3

Wildy Report

Wilesmith, Mr John  2,  3

Will, Dr Robert (now Professor)  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11

William Forrest & Sons Ltd

Williams, Dr David

WOAD see Welsh Office Agricultural Department

WOHD see Welsh Office Health Department

working arrangements

Working Party on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy see Southwood Report

World Health Organisation (WHO)

Wyllie, Mr Jim

X

Y

Z

zoonoses  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9