§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what consultations his Department has had, and will be having, on the European Economic Community's draft directives concerning the veterinary profession and their implications for veterinarians in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Anthony Stodart:The Ministry's Chief Veterinary Officer is and will continue to be in close touch with the views of both the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and the British Veterinary Association. He is a member of the councils of both bodies, and their observers regularly attend meetings of the E.E.C. Veterinary Liaison Committee. The Community would consult us if they proposed to enact these directives between the signing of the Treaty of Accession and the actual date of our entry in the E.E.C.