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Veterinary Services: Staff |
| Question ID: |
1784669 |
| UIN: |
HL5778 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-13 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4953 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Roborough
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Roborough
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government how many qualified and practising vets who are available to support the enforcement of biosecurity regulations there are in the UK. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-26 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4395 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
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| Answering Member handle: |
suehayman1
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@suehayman1
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| Answer text: |
Vets are involved in biosecurity in multiple settings, including in a lab, at the borders, in abattoirs and on farms. The latest figures provided by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons show the total number of vets registered as UK Practising is 31,2... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |