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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

533860

registered interest
date	08/07/2016
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, whether she plans to discuss a UK ban on live exports as part of the negotiations on the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	42264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The priorities for negotiating our exit from the EU will be a matter for the new Prime Minister and her Cabinet.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/07/2016 15:28:33 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

532462

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
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 assessment she has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on movement of animals across international borders.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	41670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2016 answer text <p>Until we leave the EU, current arrangements for farming, fisheries, animal health and welfare and our environment remain in place.</p><p> </p><p>Defra will continue to ensure the right policies are in place for a cleaner, healthier environment for everyone. It is also vital that British farming is profitable and remains competitive – it is the bedrock of the food and drink industry, Britain’s largest manufacturing sector.</p><p> </p><p>The priorities for negotiating our exit from the EU will be a matter for the new Prime Minister and their Cabinet.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 41668 41669 41671 41672 question first answered 06/07/2016 12:57:37 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan