DEFRA has held two consultations on cost and responsibility sharing for animal health and welfare (2007 and 2009), and a draft bill (2010). DEFRA also held a consultation on the simplification of
livestock movement rules and holding identifiers in England (June 2010). The Scottish Government consulted on a scheme for control of bovine viral diarrhoea (2010). We responded to these consultations; the details and our responses are below.

• Responsibility and cost sharing for animal health and welfare, April 2008; consultation documents; GoLD response.
• Consultation on a new independent body for animal health, June 2009; consultation documents; GoLD response.
• Draft animal health bill, April 2010; consultation documents; GoLD response.
  
• The simplification of livestock movement rules and holding identifiers in England, June 2010; consultation documents; GoLD response.
• Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD): An Eradication Scheme for Scotland, July 2010; consultation documents; GoLD response.