Foot-and-mouth – recovery plan

22 October 2001



Rural recovery plan

• Haskins unveils rural recovery plan
  
  18 October, 2001
  LORD HASKINS has recommended that the government sets up a 40 million fund to help the countryside recover from foot-and-mouth.

• Second report urges short-term help
  
  18 October, 2001
  SHORT-TERM help is critical if the rural economy is to survive the winter without significant damage, says a report from the Rural Task Force.

• Rural recovery after foot-and-mouth disease – Lord Haskins (external site)
  

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  Reaction

• Union denies backing Haskins
  
  22 October, 2001
  FARM leaders have denied that they recommended that Lord Haskins should be given the job of devising the governments rural recovery plan.

• Sheep farmers oppose buy-up plan
  
  19 October, 2001
  SHEEP farmers have vowed to oppose any government plans to buy up sheep quota in a bid to cut the size of the national flock.

• Families dismiss rural recovery plan
  
  19 October, 2001
  FAMILY farmers claim the rural recovery plan unveiled by Lord Haskins will do little to help them bounce back after foot-and-mouth.

• Farm director backs Haskins report
  
  19 October, 2001
  THE director of a big farming estate in one of the counties hardest hit by foot-and-mouth has voiced support for Lord Haskins rural recovery plan.

• Farm leaders demand emergency aid
  
  19 October, 2001
  FARM leaders called for emergency aid for agriculture after the government awarded another 24 million to non-farming rural businesses.

• Haskins report – what the papers say
  
  19 October, 2001
  LORD HASKINS plans for a rural recovery after foot-and-mouth have prompted widespread coverage in Britains national newspapers.

• Government announces 24m in aid
  
  18 October, 2001
  THE government has announced a 24m aid package to help kick-start a rural recovery in areas hit by the foot-and-mouth crisis.

• Rural economy must be restructured
  
  18 October, 2001
  THE foot-and-mouth recovery plan unveiled by Lord Haskins fails to address issues preventing a restructuring of the rural economy, say organic farmers.

• Auctioneers criticise Haskins report
  
  18 October, 2001
  AUCTIONEERS voiced dismay after Lord Haskins warned that more livestock markets would close in the wake of the foot-and-mouth crisis.

• 40m is not enough, say landowners
  
  18 October, 2001
  A 40m rural recovery fund recommended by Lord Haskins to help restore the countryside after foot-and-mouth is too small, claim landowners.

• Ministers must act, warns watchdog
  
  18 October, 2001
  THE governments rural watchdog has warned ministers not to ignore two foot-and-mouth recovery plans unveiled on Thursday (18 October).

• Implement recovery plan now – NFU
  
  18 October, 2001
  THE governments foot-and-mouth recovery plan must be implemented immediately if it is too succeed, the National Farmers Union has warned.

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