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Veterinarians And Their Role In Animal Welfare And Public Health

EDM number 899 in 2016-17, proposed by Jim Fitzpatrick on 30/01/2017.
Categorised under the topics of Animal welfare and Health staff and professions.

This House commends the role of all sectors of the veterinary profession in the welfare of domestic pets and livestock and in maintaining public health; recognises the high level of education and training provided by UK veterinary schools and training providers for veterinary surgeons and nurses throughout the world; acknowledges the service delivered by official veterinarians in testing for Bodine TB in cattle and other activities relating to disease surveillance and animal welfare monitoring, including the inspection and authorisation of animals and animal products for export and the management of the Pet Travel Scheme; notes that each year around 50 per cent of veterinary surgeons registering to practise in the UK are from overseas, with the vast majority coming from the EU; and calls on the Government to work with the British Veterinary Association and the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons to guarantee the rights of EU veterinary surgeons and nurses already living, working and studying in the UK, alongside reciprocal rights for UK veterinary professionals working in the EU.

This motion has been signed by a total of 34 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jim Fitzpatrick30/01/2017Poplar and LimehouseLabourProposed
Alan Meale31/01/2017MansfieldLabourSeconded
Gavin Robinson31/01/2017Belfast EastDUPSeconded
Jim Shannon31/01/2017StrangfordDUPSeconded
Chris Stephens31/01/2017Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySeconded
Ronnie Campbell01/02/2017Blyth ValleyLabourSeconded
Paul Monaghan01/02/2017Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossScottish National PartySigned
Kelvin Hopkins01/02/2017Luton NorthLabourSigned
Martyn Day01/02/2017Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
John McNally01/02/2017FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Alasdair McDonnell01/02/2017Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Jim Cunningham02/02/2017Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds02/02/2017Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Margaret Ferrier03/02/2017Rutherglen and Hamilton WestScottish National PartySigned
Hannah Bardell03/02/2017LivingstonScottish National PartySigned
Alex Salmond03/02/2017Signed
John Nicolson03/02/2017East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Angus MacNeil03/02/2017Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Alan Brown06/02/2017Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Drew Hendry06/02/2017Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyScottish National PartySigned
Deidre Brock06/02/2017Edinburgh North and LeithScottish National PartySigned
Martin Docherty06/02/2017West DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Liz Saville Roberts06/02/2017Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Owen Thompson07/02/2017MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Lady Hermon07/02/2017North DownIndependentSigned
Dennis Skinner07/02/2017BolsoverLabourSigned
David Simpson07/02/2017Upper BannDUPSigned
Margaret Ritchie08/02/2017South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Stephen Gethins20/02/2017North East FifeScottish National PartySigned
Angela Smith21/02/2017Penistone and StocksbridgeLabourSigned
David Crausby22/02/2017Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Gavin Newlands24/02/2017Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthScottish National PartySigned
Kirsten Oswald09/03/2017East RenfrewshireScottish National PartySigned
Rachael Maskell30/03/2017York CentralLabour/Co-operativeSigned

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