Horse Tax Plans Scrapped

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Many of you probably signed a Petition to abolish the Plans for a Horse Tax.

The Government has issued a response to one petition, which I paste here.

Good news!!!!

Government response
Concerns have been raised by horse owners and the horse industry about the previous Government’s proposals on Responsibility and Cost Sharing (RCS), particularly the establishment of an independent body for animal health. The previous Government’s proposals will not be taken forward by the Coalition Government.

The Coalition Government is committed to investigating ways to share with livestock keepers the responsibility of preparing for and dealing with outbreaks of animal disease. Jim Paice, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food, met Rosemary Radcliffe, the independent Chair of the RCS Advisory Group, of which Tim Morris of the British Horse Industry Confederation is a member, earlier this month. The Advisory Group will report their findings to Ministers in December 2010. The Coalition Government will draw closely upon the Group’s advice in developing a new approach to RCS.
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I just got that email too. Good stuff, very pleased.

Hi Kitsune, welcome back!! I'm not a crazy stalker but I always liked your posts and was sad to see you were gone!
 
Excellent news!
And interesting (but probably irrelevant) that the Government response used the words 'livestock' and 'horse' together in the same context.
 
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