Presbyterians ask Government to
Take Action in Beef Scare

The General Board of the Presbyterian Church meeting in Belfast yesterday morning, Thursday, 28-03-96, has called on the government to take what ever action is necessary to restore public confidence in the beef industry.

The General Board, the most representative body outside the General Assembly made up of some 200 ministers and laity, men and women, also offered its deepest sympathy to the farming community whose livelihoods and jobs are now at risk and has asked both the European Union and British Government to give sympathetic consideration to the question of compensation.

The full text of the General Board resolution reads as follows:

The General Board express concern for all victims of the BSE crisis.

Believing that the health of people is of top priority, they call upon the UK Government to take appropriate action to restore public confidence in the beef industry.

They offer deepest sympathy to the farming community in Northern Ireland, as well as in the rest of the UK, and the Republic of Ireland, and to all those who work in food production and other allied industries, and whose jobs are at risk because of the curtailment of markets for beef.

They request that the UK Government and the European Union give sympathetic consideration to the question of compensation.

In a world of insecurities they encourage those who are affected to find their ongoing strength and security in reverence for the Lord of Creation and Resurrection.

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