My Lords, I hope I can contribute to this debate by drawing on my farming interests and my experience. Of course, some of the latter is now history: I remember personally hot water treating daffodil bulbs in mercurial dips and, in my part of the world, there was widespread use...

My Lords, I hope I can contribute to this debate by drawing on my farming interests and my experience. Of course, some of the latter is now history: I remember personally hot water treating daffodil bulbs in mercurial dips and, in my part of the world, there was widespread use...

I thank the noble Baroness very much indeed for her support. The drugalyser is rather a focused piece of kit at the moment and deals with drugs that are commonly available and well recognised as impairing people’s ability to drive properly. I have no doubt that we will have an...

I thank the noble Baroness very much indeed for her support. The drugalyser is rather a focused piece of kit at the moment and deals with drugs that are commonly available and well recognised as impairing people’s ability to drive properly. I have no doubt that we will have an...

My Lords, the draft regulations amend the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 to transpose European directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes. The new directive was adopted in September 2010 and came into force on 9 November 2010. It replaces directive 86/609/EEC, which is transposed into...

My Lords, the draft regulations amend the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 to transpose European directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes. The new directive was adopted in September 2010 and came into force on 9 November 2010. It replaces directive 86/609/EEC, which is transposed into...

My Lords, this has been a very productive debate in the sense that I have an enormous amount of paper in front of me. I hope that noble Lords will be patient, because if I can give answers, I will certainly try to do so.

I am very pleased that there...

My Lords, this has been a very productive debate in the sense that I have an enormous amount of paper in front of me. I hope that noble Lords will be patient, because if I can give answers, I will certainly try to do so.

I am very pleased that there...

Certainly, and I hope that we will be able to arrange that in the new year. I think that that is realistic; we have few days left this year; but I am happy to do that. We might also discuss the Weatherall report and the primates strategy. We agree that...

Certainly, and I hope that we will be able to arrange that in the new year. I think that that is realistic; we have few days left this year; but I am happy to do that. We might also discuss the Weatherall report and the primates strategy. We agree that...

I can answer it today, because I have the answer here, I hope. We are not transposing Annexe 4 as it stands. We are amending our current ASPA Schedule 1 to retain more humane methods. There is no question of clubbing kittens or chopping the heads of sparrows. I can...

I can answer it today, because I have the answer here, I hope. We are not transposing Annexe 4 as it stands. We are amending our current ASPA Schedule 1 to retain more humane methods. There is no question of clubbing kittens or chopping the heads of sparrows. I can...

If I understand the noble Lord correctly, he indeed asked a question about actual numbers. I do not have them to hand but I am sure that they are available, and if we do not have them we will see if the Department of Health does. We will do our...

If I understand the noble Lord correctly, he indeed asked a question about actual numbers. I do not have them to hand but I am sure that they are available, and if we do not have them we will see if the Department of Health does. We will do our...

That is certainly something that we are considering. One of the advantages of being able to assess severity as well as numbers is that there are new opportunities for presenting the figures as well as in overall number terms. I do not think that that was quite the question that...

That is certainly something that we are considering. One of the advantages of being able to assess severity as well as numbers is that there are new opportunities for presenting the figures as well as in overall number terms. I do not think that that was quite the question that...

Motion to consider agreed to on question.

Motion to consider agreed to on question.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether police officers are required to undergo eyesight tests before being issued with taser guns.[HL2840]

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether police officers are required to undergo eyesight tests before being issued with taser guns.[HL2840]

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many horse passport issuers are required to carry out DNA testing prior to the issuing of a horse passport. [HL1473]

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many horse passport issuers are required to carry out DNA testing prior to the issuing of a horse passport. [HL1473]

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether DNA testing by horse passport issuers is required by legislation, guidance or on an individual basis. [HL1474]

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether DNA testing by horse passport issuers is required by legislation, guidance or on an individual basis. [HL1474]

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 1 March (WA 363–4), how many tests have been conducted on sheep carcasses to establish any evidence that transmissible spongiform encephalopathy in sheep could directly cause Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease in humans.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 1 March (WA 363–4), how many tests have been conducted on sheep carcasses to establish any evidence that transmissible spongiform encephalopathy in sheep could directly cause Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease in humans.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 22 November (WA 219–20), how the accuracy of the lateral flow device for the detection of foot and mouth disease virus compares with the accuracy of clinical diagnosis.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 22 November (WA 219–20), how the accuracy of the lateral flow device for the detection of foot and mouth disease virus compares with the accuracy of clinical diagnosis.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what research they have funded since 2001 to validate pen-side test kits that verify the presence of foot and mouth disease virus; and whether there are any validated kits available in the United Kingdom.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what research they have funded since 2001 to validate pen-side test kits that verify the presence of foot and mouth disease virus; and whether there are any validated kits available in the United Kingdom.

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 4 June (WA 101), whether, if the number of disinfectant tests for foot and mouth disease and swine vesicular disease in 2009 and 2010 does not reach the level estimated by the Veterinary...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 4 June (WA 101), whether, if the number of disinfectant tests for foot and mouth disease and swine vesicular disease in 2009 and 2010 does not reach the level estimated by the Veterinary...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 4 June (WA 101), whether the rise in the charge for disinfectant tests for foot and mouth disease and swine vesicular disease reflects an anticipated increase in the number of those tests that...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 4 June (WA 101), whether the rise in the charge for disinfectant tests for foot and mouth disease and swine vesicular disease reflects an anticipated increase in the number of those tests that...

My own pathway to work today has been rather lengthy, but I seize it with alacrity. This is the only point at which we will be debating Clause 12, which extends the mobility component to blind people. I notice in the Explanatory Note that it does not change the arrangements...

My own pathway to work today has been rather lengthy, but I seize it with alacrity. This is the only point at which we will be debating Clause 12, which extends the mobility component to blind people. I notice in the Explanatory Note that it does not change the arrangements...

To ask Her Majesty's Government why the fees for testing disinfectants for approval for use for foot and mouth diseases and swine vesicular disease are increased from £1,490 to £1,865 by the Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Fees) (England) Order 2009 (SI 2009/839).

To ask Her Majesty's Government why the fees for testing disinfectants for approval for use for foot and mouth diseases and swine vesicular disease are increased from £1,490 to £1,865 by the Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Fees) (England) Order 2009 (SI 2009/839).

Clause 66: Determination of applications Amendment A1 A1: Clause 66, page 37, line 33, at end insert ", including social or economic consequences"

Clause 66: Determination of applications Amendment A1 A1: Clause 66, page 37, line 33, at end insert ", including social or economic consequences"