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12/03/2009 02:12:16
United Kingdom-Sheep Ear Tag battle continues.
THE battle to thwart the Brussels proposal that every sheep in Europe should be individually identified through the use of electronic ear tags continued yesterday when Nigel Miller, vice-president of NFU Scotland, attended a working party meeting in Brussels organised by Copa, the EU-wide umbrella organisation of farming unions.
Miller said: "There is a real depth of feeling among our members that the proposals are a step too far. In the next few days, we expect to pull together the results of a national survey on sheep farmer intentions, carried out by all the UK farming unADVERTISEMENTions, looking at what the reaction will be if these rules are brought in.
"The provisional Scottish figures paint a bleak picture on what the proposals could do to an already shrinking national flock."
In October, the European Commission gave the clear impression that there would be no turning back. But there has, in recent weeks, been a perceptible change, in part as a result of the efforts of both NFUS and Alyn Smith MEP, the only Scot to be a full member of the EU’s agriculture committee.
Miller accepts that there is still much to be accomplished. He said: "The only route left for having these proposals changed is a political one.
"We have the backing of Scotland’s politicians and we are lobbying the UK Environment Secretary Hilary Benn to raise our concerns at the next available opportunity within the EU Council of Ministers."
Miller said: "There is a real depth of feeling among our members that the proposals are a step too far. In the next few days, we expect to pull together the results of a national survey on sheep farmer intentions, carried out by all the UK farming unADVERTISEMENTions, looking at what the reaction will be if these rules are brought in.
"The provisional Scottish figures paint a bleak picture on what the proposals could do to an already shrinking national flock."
In October, the European Commission gave the clear impression that there would be no turning back. But there has, in recent weeks, been a perceptible change, in part as a result of the efforts of both NFUS and Alyn Smith MEP, the only Scot to be a full member of the EU’s agriculture committee.
Miller accepts that there is still much to be accomplished. He said: "The only route left for having these proposals changed is a political one.
"We have the backing of Scotland’s politicians and we are lobbying the UK Environment Secretary Hilary Benn to raise our concerns at the next available opportunity within the EU Council of Ministers."
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