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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-03-08more like thismore than 2021-03-08
answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Animals: Exports more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to recruit fully trained veterinary professionals to carry out the necessary veterinary controls and inspections in Northern Ireland. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Rogan more like this
uin HL14001 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-03-22more like thismore than 2021-03-22
answer text <p>The recruitment of veterinary professionals for carrying out veterinary controls and inspections in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter. This means that the responsible department is the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland (DAERA).</p><p> </p><p>Veterinary controls and inspections do not only take place in ports and airports but include work done on farms and in various types of establishment, including slaughterhouses.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>During the month of June 2020 (being typical of the base-line position for calendar year 2020) the number of staff employed by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland to carry out veterinary controls and inspections was in the order of:</p><p>- 114 qualified veterinarians,</p><p>- 69 qualified meat hygiene inspectors, and</p><p>- 27 trainee meat hygiene inspectors.</p><p> </p><p>At that time the number of staff employed in northern Ireland’s ports and airports, and authorised to carry out veterinary controls and inspections and participate in the goods clearance process was of the order of:</p><p>- Veterinarians – 1</p><p>- Portal Inspectors – 41</p><p> </p><p>Inspectors working in the ports are not meat hygiene inspectors but are portal inspectors who have received training in that specific role. Meat hygiene inspectors are only employed in DAERA’s Veterinary Public Health Programme which delivers the Official Controls in Food Business Operator premises on behalf of the Food Standards Agency for Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>When the grace period provided for by the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland expires Northern Ireland the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs currently estimates that the number of staff required to conduct veterinary controls and inspections in Northern Ireland will, in total, approximate to:</p><p>- 186 qualified veterinarians,</p><p>- 69 qualified meat hygiene inspectors, and</p><p>- 27 trainee meat hygiene inspectors.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent estimates for the numbers of staff that will be required to conduct veterinary controls and inspections in Northern Ireland ports and airports, when the grace period provided for by the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland expires, is as follows:</p><ol><li>Staff officially authorised to participate in the goods clearance process:</li></ol><p>- Veterinarians – 72</p><p>- Officially authorised portal inspectors – 122</p><p>- Officially authorised portal administrative officers – 80</p><ol start="2"><li>Staff providing operational support:</li></ol><p>- Industrial grade animal handlers – 12</p><p>- Stevedores – 72</p><ol start="3"><li>Support staff providing general administrative, professional and technical services:</li></ol><p>- Veterinarians, Portal Inspectors and admin staff - 3</p><p> </p><p>DAERA is on track to spend a total of £16m on personnel, infrastructure and IT systems to the end of the current financial year for the work necessary to carry out the required sanitary and phytosanitary checks at Northern Ireland’s Points of Entry.</p><p> </p>
answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble more like this
grouped question UIN
HL14002 more like this
HL14003 more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-03-22T16:47:32.603Zmore like thismore than 2021-03-22T16:47:32.603Z
answering member
4161
label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble more like this
tabling member
2478
label Biography information for Lord Rogan more like this
1077081
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-02-25more like thismore than 2019-02-25
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Yemen: Politics and Government more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the meeting of the Southern Transitional Council National Assembly on 16 and 17 February, what assessment they have made of the current situation in southern Yemen and the tensions between the government of Yemen and secessionist groups. more like this
tabling member printed
The Marquess of Lothian more like this
uin HL14001 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-03-11more like thismore than 2019-03-11
answer text <p>The issue of governance arrangements for southern Yemen is ultimately a question for the Yemeni people. The UK position - and that of the UN Security Council - is to support the unity, sovereignty and independence of Yemen. We urge all Yemeni groups to pursue political aspirations through peaceful dialogue and to refrain from violence.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-03-11T15:29:57.493Zmore like thismore than 2019-03-11T15:29:57.493Z
answering member
4210
label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
tabling member
259
label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian more like this