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1027256

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
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	Livestock: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the transportation of livestock from the UK to the EU in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	202733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>To export into the EU, the UK will need to be listed as a third country by the EU. We have applied for that status and are now awaiting a response from the European Commission.</p><p> </p><p>If we leave the EU without a deal and are listed as a third country, export health certificates, signed by an official vet or other authorised signatory, will be required for all live animals to pass into the EU and they will need to travel through a border inspection post in the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Last year we also issued a call for evidence on a potential ban on the export of live animals for slaughter and on improving the welfare of livestock during transportation. The Farm Animal Welfare Committee is considering the evidence received and will report in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 08/01/2019 11:55:50 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

937875

registered interest
date	10/07/2018
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	Livestock: Transport
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 under the terms of the 6 July 2018 statement of the Government and its reference to a common rulebook the UK will be able to ban live animal exports for slaughter from January 2021 without there being consequences for trade.
tabling member constituency	South Thanet
tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
uin	162599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s proposal for a common rulebook on goods only relates to those technical and product safety rules necessary to provide for a frictionless border. The proposal does not extend to wider single market legislation nor animal welfare and would not fetter our abilities to restrict or ban live animal exports.</p><p> </p><p>The White Paper published on 12 July 2018 explains: “By being outside the CAP, and having a common rulebook that only applies to rules that must be checked at the border, the UK would be able to have control over new future subsidy arrangements, control over market surveillance of domestic policy arrangements, an ability to change tariffs and quotas in the future, and the freedom to apply higher animal welfare standards that would not have a bearing on the functioning of the free trade area for goods – such as welfare in transport and the treatment of live animal exports.”</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/07/2018 17:00:46 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay

894960

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
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	Livestock: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the bio-security protocols are for the transport of live animals from TB hot spot to non-hot spot areas.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	139343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>With a few exceptions (such as movements to slaughter) cattle at least 42 days old that are moved into herds in the low TB risk area of England (LRA) from higher TB risk areas in GB must have i) a clear pre-movement TB test in the 60 days before being moved, followed by ii) a post-movement TB test between 60and 120 days after arrival. Both TB tests are privately arranged and paid for by the herd keepers.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/05/2018 11:45:58 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

874677

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
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	Livestock: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the effective enforcement of animal welfare measures on the transportation of farm animals for slaughter.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	134978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>In England, Local Authorities are responsible for enforcing the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (England) Order 2006 and it would be for individual Local Authorities to take action against transporters when welfare issues are identified at slaughterhouses. Local Authorities will take prosecution action when serious welfare issues relating to the transport of live animals have been identified.</p><p> </p><p>Officials in Defra have been working with the Food Standards Agency (FSA), the Animal and Plant Health Agency and representatives from the Local Authorities’ National Animal Health and Welfare Panel, to improve the process for referring welfare cases relating to transport, identified by FSA’s Official Veterinarians at slaughterhouses. This is so prompt action can be taken by the relevant Local Authority when breaches of animal welfare legislation are identified.</p><p> </p><p>APHA carry out supervised loadings on high risk commercial consignments of livestock for slaughter exported from England to ensure compliance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 on protection of animals in transport. These checks include, but are not limited to vehicle specifications to ensure the transport is designed, constructed in a way to avoid injury and suffering and to ensure that transporters and vehicles have the appropriate authorisations and certificates in place.</p><p> </p><p>APHA also carry out proportional portal checks on sheep and other livestock being imported or exported. When supervised loadings and portal checks are completed APHA will take regulatory action if non compliances are identified.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/04/2018 12:18:10 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

872662

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
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	Livestock: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve standards of animal welfare in transit after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	134476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2018 answer text <p>Our manifesto made it clear that we would take early steps to control the export of live farm animals for slaughter, once we leave the European Union, and we are currently considering options.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/04/2018 13:49:28 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

837530

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	Livestock: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the value was of the live export of animals to the EU in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	126649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The value of live animal exports to the EU is estimated in the HMRC Overseas Trade statistics. The data for 2017 is not complete and only captures January to November.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> £</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong> 2013 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2014 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2015 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2016 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2017 (Jan-Nov) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Live Bovines</p></td><td><p>430,200</p></td><td><p>4,170,852</p></td><td><p>4,177,330</p></td><td><p>3,474,672</p></td><td><p>3,580,019</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Live Swine</p></td><td><p>81,973</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>3,360</p></td><td><p>19,418</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Live Sheep and Goats</p></td><td><p>7,008,540</p></td><td><p>17,107,733</p></td><td><p>17,073,492</p></td><td><p>17,825,461</p></td><td><p>14,345,500</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Live Horses</p></td><td><p>168,422,740</p></td><td><p>186,647,948</p></td><td><p>214,531,100</p></td><td><p>221,715,064</p></td><td><p>182,084,204</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Live Poultry</p></td><td><p>50,103,111</p></td><td><p>41,764,297</p></td><td><p>53,484,735</p></td><td><p>69,411,788</p></td><td><p>63,341,534</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Live Fish</p></td><td><p>5,911,064</p></td><td><p>5,400,239</p></td><td><p>4,075,328</p></td><td><p>6,711,044</p></td><td><p>8,639,103</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Other live animals</p></td><td><p>17,166,674</p></td><td><p>16,093,367</p></td><td><p>15,805,511</p></td><td><p>17,824,004</p></td><td><p>18,076,036</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong> Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 249,124,302 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 271,184,436 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 309,147,496 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 336,965,393 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 290,085,814 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/02/2018 11:00:22 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

837532

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	Livestock: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions there have been for (a) the illegal transportation of live farm animal exports and (b) consignments that failed to meet animal welfare standards in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how many such prosecutions were successful.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	126651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>In England, Local Authorities are responsible for enforcing the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (England) Order 2006 (WATEO). Local Authorities will take prosecution action when serious welfare issues relating to the transport of live animals have been identified.</p><p> </p><p>As action is taken by individual Local Authorities, we do not hold specific data as to whether the action was taken against a transporter exporting live animals.</p><p> </p><p>We do have data on the number of successful convictions in England and Wales made under WATEO and the equivalent legislation in Wales each year, which is published in the “Return of expenditure incurred and prosecutions taken under the Animal Health Act 1981 and incidences of disease in imported animals” presented each year to Parliament. In the last five years there has been the following number of successful convictions under WATEO:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Convictions</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/02/2018 17:12:50 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

767339

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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	Livestock: Transport
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 impact of the six-day standstill rule on farmers taking their animals to auction marts.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL1757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The current six-day standstill rule for livestock movements balances the risk of disease transmission against the industry’s need to trade livestock. It was introduced in 2003 following the Foot and Mouth disease outbreak in 2001. Its purpose is to reduce the spread of undetected disease such as was seen in 2001, reducing the scope and cost of an outbreak.</p><p> </p><p>After extensive modelling, the standstill period was set at six days to take into account the weekly cycle of market sales. The standstill rule includes a range of exemptions that support the regime, including for movements through market.</p><p> </p><p>The Farming Regulation Task Force reviewed standstill in 2011 and recommended the relaxation of standstill rules for movements between farms and where keepers were able to establish approved separation units. There was no consensus amongst industry regarding the right approach, particularly due to concerns around the potential distortion of trade resulting from maintaining standstill for markets and the cost and effectiveness of separation units.</p><p> </p><p>Government is committed to a further review of standstill in 2018, following the implementation of another Farming Regulation Task Force recommendation to simplify the way livestock holdings are defined for recording and reporting purposes which will impact on the number of standstills that need to be complied with.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 23/10/2017 16:58:14 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

767340

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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	Livestock: Transport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their justification for the difference in application of the six-day standstill rule to (1) a red animal auction mart, and (2) a green animal auction mart; and whether they will keep that rule under review.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL1758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Government applies a risk-based approach to standstill rules. All livestock present in the red market go directly to slaughter and are slaughtered within 48 hours of their arrival to an abattoir. There is a negligible risk that any undetected disease in these animals may spread to other livestock holdings. Ante and post mortem checks are carried out in abattoirs to ensure that animals that are slaughtered are fit to enter the food chain. In contrast, livestock auctioned in a green market may move to other livestock holdings, spreading any undetected disease that these animals may be incubating. In consequence, livestock moving onto a green market have to comply with the six-day standstill rule to mitigate this risk. This and other factors will be part of Government’s review of standstill in 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 19/10/2017 16:20:41 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

750820

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Livestock: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to seek a derogation from Regulation (EC) 561/2006 for lorries carrying livestock; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	4395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>There are already two national derogations in Regulation (EC) 561/2006 relating to drivers’ hours rules, which may apply to lorries carrying livestock. One applies to lorries carrying livestock (or other goods) as part of an agricultural business’s own entrepreneurial activity within a 100km radius. A second applies to lorries carrying live animals between a farm and a market or from a market to a slaughterhouse within a 100km radius. Both of these derogations have been taken up in full in domestic UK legislation, and there are no plans to seek a further derogation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/07/2017 15:05:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson