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date	05/11/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Veterinary Medicine: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department to include vets on the shortage occupation list.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	188242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>On the 15th June the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) accepted a commission from the Home Secretary to review the full composition of the Shortage Occupation List (SOL) for the first time since 2013. The SOL covers non-EEA migration for highly skilled roles. The MAC will report in spring 2019.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime Defra continues to work closely with other Government Departments, including the Home Office, to ensure a long term strategy for the food and farming workforce, including veterinarians, as part of the future immigration policy.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 16/11/2018 11:40:29 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

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registered interest
date	07/12/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Veterinary Medicine: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will add veterinarians working in the UK’s agri-food sector to the shortage occupation list after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	118317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Defra is working closely with the Food Standards Agency, the Devolved Administrations and the veterinary sector to ensure that both the Government and veterinary businesses can continue to protect animal health and welfare, public health and food safety, and enable trade in animals and animal products. Together, we are assessing the challenges and opportunities arising from leaving the EU, with the aim of developing a flexible and skilled workforce which meets the UK’s needs for both the immediate and longer term future. The Shortage Occupation List is based on expert advice to the Home Office from the independent Migration Advisory Committee and is reviewed regularly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/12/2017 13:18:58 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy