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800606

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Veterinary Medicine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 29 November 2017 to Question 115507, if the Government will take steps to ensure that the non-UK EU veterinarians working in the UK who arrived in the UK fewer than five years ago will be allowed to remain and work after the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	117227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government has proposed that those EU citizens who are resident in the UK before the specified date but do not have five years’ continuous residence will be able to obtain temporary status to remain resident in the UK until they have accumulated five years, after which they will be eligible to apply for settled status.</p><p>There will be a two year period after the UK’s withdrawal for them to make an application during which their residence rights in the UK will be protected.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 07/12/2017 13:14:33 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

927773

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Veterinary Medicine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the lifting of restrictions on the allocation of Tier 2 visas will apply to highly skilled veterinarians.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	155851
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>On Friday 15 June, the Government announced changes to the allocation of places within the Tier 2 (General) cap of 20,700. The change – which will be implemented through amended Immigration Rules coming into effect on 6 July – will ensure that all doctors and all nurses needed in the UK will be able to be recruited to work here without being counted against the cap. This is intended to be a temporary change which recognises the importance of alleviating pressure on the NHS and which creates extra space within the cap for other sectors of the economy, including highly skilled veterinarians. <br> <br>In parallel, we have asked the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to review the full composition of the Shortage Occupation List.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/06/2018 11:36:32 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1001956

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Veterinary Medicine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to include vets on the shortage occupation list.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	188243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Shortage Occupation List is set on advice from the independent Migra-tion Advisory Committee (MAC). We have commissioned the MAC to un-dertake a full review of the composition of the Shortage Occupation List. This review will enable the MAC to look at which posts are in national shortage and should be given priority within the Tier 2 cap in future. That review will conclude in Spring 2019.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/11/2018 17:39:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

926767

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Veterinary Medicine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to include veterinarians working in meat hygiene in the shortage occupations list.
	tabling member constituency	Elmet and Rothwell
	tabling member printed	Alec Shelbrooke
	uin	154681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>On 15 June, as part of the changes we are making to alter the allocation of places under the Tier 2 (General) cap, the Government commissioned the independent Migration Advisory Committee to undertake a full review of the composition of the Shortage Occupation List. This review will enable the MAC to look at which posts are in national shortage and should be given priority within the Tier 2 cap in future.</p><p>It is right that the Government await the conclusions from that report – due in Spring 2019 – before amending the SOL.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/06/2018 16:46:20 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke

937638

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Veterinary Medicine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he discussed the inclusion of veterinarians working in meat hygiene on the Shortage Occupation List in his last meeting with the Migration Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	161988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2018 answer text <p>On 15 June, the Government announced a temporary change to the Tier 2 (General) cap. This is designed to address particular pressures facing the NHS at the current time but will mean that more spaces will be freed up within the cap for other sponsored high-skilled occupations, including vets. This change came into effect on 6 July and will be kept under review.</p><p>In parallel, we have commissioned the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to undertake a full review of the composition of the Shortage Occupation List. This review will enable the MAC to look at which posts are in national shortage and should be given priority within the Tier 2 cap in future. That review will conclude in Spring 2019.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/07/2018 15:32:18 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

794534

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Veterinary Medicine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will take steps to ensure that non-UK citizen veterinarians working in the UK’s agri-food sector will be allowed to remain and work in the UK after the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	115507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>On 26 June we published the White Paper ‘Safeguarding the position of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU’, setting out how we will protect the rights of EU nationals currently living in the UK. This is a fair and serious offer which sets out our proposals for the negotiations with the European Union.</p><p>No EU citizen lawfully residing in the UK will be asked to leave when the UK leaves the EU. The Government has proposed that EU citizens who were resident in the UK before the specified date, and who have five years’ continuous residence, will be able to apply for UK settled status. Other EU citizens who have arrived before the specified date will be able to make an application to stay until they have built up the necessary five continuous years’ residence to be able to apply for UK settled status. The UK remains determined to swiftly reach an agreement that provides reassurance for both EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister has also proposed that there should be an Implementation Period post-exit, while we and the EU put in place the necessary preparations for the future arrangements, and to ensure that people and businesses only have to plan for one set of changes. During this time, EU citizens will continue to be able to come and live and work in the UK.</p><p>The Government is considering a range of options for the immigration system for EU citizens after the UK leaves the EU. We will take decisions on the long-term arrangements based on evidence. Hence, on 27 July, we commissioned the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to advise on current patterns of EU migration across all sectors, and the role of migration in the wider economy and society.</p><p>We will be setting out further proposals for our future immigration arrangements shortly.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 29/11/2017 16:56:54 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1035123

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Veterinary Medicine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will include veterinary surgeons in his Department's proposals to remove the cap on the number of non-UK skilled workers.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	205157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>On 19 December, the Government set out its proposals for future skills-based immigration system. Paragraph 6.13 of the White Paper indicates that the Government accepts the Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendation that the skilled migration route in the future system, which will encompass veterinary surgeons, should not be subject to a cap.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 09/01/2019 16:15:44 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew