Devon's foot-and-mouth report to be published Monday
The preliminary report of Devon’s foot-and-mouth inquiry will be published on Monday, the county council said today.
The week long Devon county council-organised inquiry ended on October 12, after the panel heard 360 submissions from the public and organisations.
The inquiry’s preliminary report has been published so quickly because it is being sent to the British Government’s Policy Commission on the Future of Farming - one of the government’s three inquiries into the outbreak.
The inquiry chairman, Professor Ian Mercer, is currently studying written evidence from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michaels sent a four page letter following a series of written questions submitted by Devon county council.
Devon was one of the worst foot-and-mouth hit areas, with 173 confirmed cases and around 390,000 animals slaughtered.
