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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

637079

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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 inspections Trading Standards has undertaken of animals during transit for slaughter abroad in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
uin	52956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>Defra does not hold data on local authority Trading Standards inspections of animals during transit for slaughter abroad. APHA carry out supervised loadings on export consignments of live animals for slaughter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/11/2016 14:39:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

628136

registered interest
date	03/11/2016
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 her Department is taking to ensure that (a) sheep and (b) other livestock are transported safely and comfortably.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	51832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2016 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) take steps to ensure that sheep and other livestock are transported safely and comfortably by assessing and issuing long and short journey Transporter Authorisations to transporters. This includes the assessment of Vehicle Approval Certificates to ensure vehicles are designed and operated with regard to the welfare of animals, and the review of Competency Certificates for drivers and attendants transporting these animals.</p><p> </p><p>APHA assess and issue Journey Logs to transporters in accordance with the maximum journey times permitted for transporting animals under Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005. APHA carry out risk based supervised loadings on consignments of sheep and other livestock being exported as part of an economic activity. APHA also carry out proportional portal checks on sheep and other livestock being imported or exported and complete Quality Assurance checks to ensure compliance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 and associated regulatory action.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/11/2016 16:22:59 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

626601

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
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 vehicles the Animal and Plant Agency has inspected (a) during the loading of live animals and (b) at ports from which live animals have been exported in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
uin	51396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>Number of vehicles the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has inspected:</p><p>(a) during the loading of live animals:</p><ul><li><p><strong>99 during 2014</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>66 during 2015</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>127 during 2016</strong></p></li></ul><p> </p><p>(b) at ports from which live animals have been exported:</p><ul><li><strong>96 during 2014</strong></li><li><strong>121 during 2015</strong></li><li><strong>72 during 2016</strong></li></ul> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/11/2016 13:01:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams