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1038900

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have made to enable veterinary medicines authorised for veterinary use by regulators in an EU Member State to be used in the UK in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL12737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government has robust plans in place to ensure the highest standards of regulation in the event of a ‘no deal’. We are working with the animal medicines industry to ensure that supplies of veterinary medicines remain available in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is an existing scheme where vets can apply to import veterinary medicines authorised in another country, including EU Member States. This scheme will remain in the event of a no-deal situation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In future, veterinary medicines authorised by the European Commission (centrally authorised) will not automatically be valid in the UK if we leave the EU without a deal. However, The Government will bring forward secondary legislation to convert all existing centrally authorised products into nationally authorised products on the day we leave the EU. This means that the products can remain on the market for sale and supply in their existing packaging.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL12738 question first answered 16/01/2019 16:57:20 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

1038901

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional checks, if any, will be required on veterinary medicines which have been authorised for veterinary use by regulators in an EU Member State to be used in the UK in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL12738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government has robust plans in place to ensure the highest standards of regulation in the event of a ‘no deal’. We are working with the animal medicines industry to ensure that supplies of veterinary medicines remain available in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is an existing scheme where vets can apply to import veterinary medicines authorised in another country, including EU Member States. This scheme will remain in the event of a no-deal situation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In future, veterinary medicines authorised by the European Commission (centrally authorised) will not automatically be valid in the UK if we leave the EU without a deal. However, The Government will bring forward secondary legislation to convert all existing centrally authorised products into nationally authorised products on the day we leave the EU. This means that the products can remain on the market for sale and supply in their existing packaging.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL12737 question first answered 16/01/2019 16:57:20 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

1038902

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that there are enough vets in the UK to deal with any increased demands on veterinary care as a result of a no-deal Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL12739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with veterinary stakeholders, including the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) and British Veterinary Association (BVA), to ensure that the UK has sufficient veterinary capability and capacity both immediately after exiting the EU and in the longer term.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has made it clear that it will protect the rights of EU citizens who are already working in the UK if the UK leaves the European Union without a deal.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is proposing to amend the Veterinary Surgeons Act, to ensure that EU nationals already registered to practice in our veterinary profession, or in the process of registering, by exit day will continue to have their registration recognised by the RCVS so they can continue to work in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The first cohort of graduates will graduate from the University of Surrey’s new veterinary degree course in July 2019. The opening of this new veterinary course will provide a greater supply of domestically qualified vets in UK going forward.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 16/01/2019 16:43:59 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

1038912

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Food: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the availability of fresh, frozen, and chilled food warehousing space should imported food be delayed as a consequence of a no-deal Brexit.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL12749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK has a high degree of food security built upon a diverse range of sources, and this will continue to be the case whether we leave the EU with or without a deal.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has well established ways of working with the food industry to mitigate disruption across the supply chain, and we are using these to support preparations for leaving the EU. Consumers will continue to have access to a range of different products.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 22/01/2019 12:14:42 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1038914

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Food: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government by what date any necessary new IT import notification system for food imports when the UK leaves the EU will be fully operational.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL12751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>A new system for imports notification is in the final stages of development and is being tested over the next few weeks. We are working to deliver this system for the end of March and, subject to successful testing, it will be made available initially to long-distance importers from early February.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 22/01/2019 15:56:03 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1038931

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Port of Ramsgate: Dredging
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have carried out an environmental impact assessment of the current dredging of the channel at the Port of Ramsgate; if so, whether, and when, the Environment Agency evaluated and accepted that impact assessment; and when approval was given for the dredging to begin.
tabling member printed	Baroness Young of Old Scone
uin	HL12768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Environment Agency was consulted by the Marine Management Organisation on the application from Ramsgate Royal Harbour for the current dredging project at the Port of Ramsgate, on the 10 December 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The application included an environmental impact assessment and the Environment Agency submitted comments on the 22 December 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency accepted the proposal with the condition that material deposited within European Union bathing waters is only deposited outside the European Union bathing season.</p><p> </p><p>The dredging activity does not put at risk the Water Framework Directive, therefore there is not a significant risk to the environment.</p><p> </p><p>Permission was given for the activity by the Marine Management Organisation on the 29 March 2016.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/01/2019 14:42:46 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1755 label Biography information for Baroness Young of Old Scone

1038751

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
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	Export Health Certificates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which category of individual, other than an official vet, will be designated as an authorised signatory for export health certificates to enable live animals to pass from the UK into the EU in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL12717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>We will continue to uphold the very highest international standards of food safety and animal welfare when we leave the EU. Veterinary checks, required by non-EU countries, are critical to these requirements and have been carried out for many years on live animals (farm, equines, pets, exotics and rodents).</p><p> </p><p>European Commission regulations stipulate that third country imports of live animals must be accompanied by an export health certificate signed by an official vet and, for certain commodities, such as fish for human consumption, by an Environmental Health Officer.</p><p> </p><p>No other category of individual is being proposed and therefore discussions have not been necessary.</p><p> </p><p>Only Official Vets can sign EHCs for live animals, as they require a clinical examination, and this will continue when we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>No other individual will be designated an authorised signatory for live animal exports.</p><p> </p><p>In our technical guidance issued in September on exports of animals and animal products if we leave the EU without a deal, we said: “EHCs would need to be signed by an Official Veterinarian or authorised signatory following inspection of the consignment.”</p><p> </p><p>The only other authorised signatories in this context are officials certified by The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) for live fish exports such as tropical fish; and Environmental Health Officers employed by local authorities to sign certificates for exports of fish for human consumption.</p><p> </p><p>We are not proposing anyone other than an Official Vet will sign EHCs for live animals, therefore, assurances from the EU are not required.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL12718 HL12719 question first answered 16/01/2019 12:44:41 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

1038753

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
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	Export Health Certificates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the EU on which category of individual will be recognised as an authorised signatory for export health certificates to enable live animals to pass from the UK into the EU in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL12718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>We will continue to uphold the very highest international standards of food safety and animal welfare when we leave the EU. Veterinary checks, required by non-EU countries, are critical to these requirements and have been carried out for many years on live animals (farm, equines, pets, exotics and rodents).</p><p> </p><p>European Commission regulations stipulate that third country imports of live animals must be accompanied by an export health certificate signed by an official vet and, for certain commodities, such as fish for human consumption, by an Environmental Health Officer.</p><p> </p><p>No other category of individual is being proposed and therefore discussions have not been necessary.</p><p> </p><p>Only Official Vets can sign EHCs for live animals, as they require a clinical examination, and this will continue when we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>No other individual will be designated an authorised signatory for live animal exports.</p><p> </p><p>In our technical guidance issued in September on exports of animals and animal products if we leave the EU without a deal, we said: “EHCs would need to be signed by an Official Veterinarian or authorised signatory following inspection of the consignment.”</p><p> </p><p>The only other authorised signatories in this context are officials certified by The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) for live fish exports such as tropical fish; and Environmental Health Officers employed by local authorities to sign certificates for exports of fish for human consumption.</p><p> </p><p>We are not proposing anyone other than an Official Vet will sign EHCs for live animals, therefore, assurances from the EU are not required.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL12717 HL12719 question first answered 16/01/2019 12:44:42 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

1038754

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
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	Export Health Certificates: Veterinary Medicine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assurances they have received from the EU that an authorised signatory other than an official vet will be deemed acceptable in signing export health certificates to enable live animals to pass from the UK into the EU in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL12719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>We will continue to uphold the very highest international standards of food safety and animal welfare when we leave the EU. Veterinary checks, required by non-EU countries, are critical to these requirements and have been carried out for many years on live animals (farm, equines, pets, exotics and rodents).</p><p> </p><p>European Commission regulations stipulate that third country imports of live animals must be accompanied by an export health certificate signed by an official vet and, for certain commodities, such as fish for human consumption, by an Environmental Health Officer.</p><p> </p><p>No other category of individual is being proposed and therefore discussions have not been necessary.</p><p> </p><p>Only Official Vets can sign EHCs for live animals, as they require a clinical examination, and this will continue when we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>No other individual will be designated an authorised signatory for live animal exports.</p><p> </p><p>In our technical guidance issued in September on exports of animals and animal products if we leave the EU without a deal, we said: “EHCs would need to be signed by an Official Veterinarian or authorised signatory following inspection of the consignment.”</p><p> </p><p>The only other authorised signatories in this context are officials certified by The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) for live fish exports such as tropical fish; and Environmental Health Officers employed by local authorities to sign certificates for exports of fish for human consumption.</p><p> </p><p>We are not proposing anyone other than an Official Vet will sign EHCs for live animals, therefore, assurances from the EU are not required.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL12717 HL12718 question first answered 16/01/2019 12:44:42 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

1037600

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	Air Pollution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the analysis by the Royal College of Physicians in their report Every breath we take: the lifelong impact of air pollution, published in February 2016, that around 40,000 deaths each year are attributable to exposure to outdoor air pollution, what steps they are taking to improve air quality; and when they expect air quality to improve.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL12657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK has ambitious targets in place to reduce emissions of five damaging air pollutants (ammonia, nitrogen oxides, non-methane volatile organic compounds, fine particulate matter and sulphur dioxide) by 2020 and 2030. We have put in place a £3.5 billion plan to reduce harmful emissions from road transport, and we will end the sale of new conventional diesel and petrol cars and vans by 2040. Our new and world leading Clean Air Strategy, published on 14 January, focuses on broader emissions beyond road transport and sets goals working towards World Health Organisation recommendations on particulate matter emissions – going further than the EU requires.</p><p> </p><p>Air pollution has reduced significantly since 2010 – emissions of toxic nitrogen oxides have fallen by almost 27%, and are at their lowest level since records began. However, there is more to do, and by requiring comprehensive action from all parts of government and society, we will be able to continue to cut air pollution and save lives.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 16/01/2019 12:43:21 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff