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Veterinary Surgery (Artificial Insemination) Order 2007

SI 2007/1315. (Negative instrument). Together with an explanatory memorandum from the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs. Coming into force 22 May 2007.

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

27 April 2007

Reference

SI 2007/1315

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effects that proposals to amend the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 to enable non-veterinary surgeons to diagnose bovine tuberculosis may have on (a) the welfare of cattle, (b) the welfare of...

Asked by

Stephen O'Brien (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

17 September 2003

For answer on

14 October 2003

Answered on

14 October 2003

Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment her Department has made of the effects that proposals to amend the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 to enable non- veterinary surgeons to diagnose bovine tuberculosis may have on (a) the welfare of cattle, (b) the welfare of badgers, (c) the welfare of non-wild animals, (d) the welfare of other wild animals, (e) the workload of existing veterinary practices, (f) the cashflow of existing veterinary practices, (g) the standards of diagnosis by (i) veterinary surgeons and (ii) non-veterinary surgeons and (h) the rate of the spread of the disease in (A) the national cattle herd, (B) geographic areas currently unaffected and (C) non-cattle animals. [131588] Mr. Bradshaw: We do not believe that the introduction of lay testers will have a detrimental effect on any of the elements listed. The role of the lay TB tester, set out in our consultation paper issued on 4 July 2003, does not include diagnosis. This will be the responsibility of the supervising Local Veterinary Inspector (LVI) or Veterinary Officer of the State Veterinary Service. It is proposed that 72 hours after the tuberculin injection, the lay tester would record skin measurements, together with a description of the type of reaction observed. This information will be passed to a veterinary surgeon for interpretation of the results. There is no intention of depriving LVI practices of their routine testing and no practice will be required to use lay testers. Those practices that chose to continue to use veterinary surgeons to perform TB tests would continue to receive fees at existing rates. A lower fee would be paid if a lay tester was used.

Legislation

Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966

Date

14 October 2003

Reference

131588; 411 c98W;411 c138W

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper Dep 2934

Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 - proposals to amend Schedule 3 consultation paper & list of consulted bodies. MAFF.1987.

Deposited by

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Type

Consultation papers; Deposited papers

Date

20 May 1987

Reference

Dep 2934

House

House of Commons

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