HC Deb 27 June 1996 vol 280 cc255-8W
Mr. Morley

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list(a) United Kingdom legislation, (b) EU legislation and (c) international treaties, conventions or other obligations concerning animal welfare for which his Department has responsibility. [34294]

Mrs. Browning

[holding answer 25 June 1996]: The information requested is as follows:

  • Domestic legislation
  • Welfare of animals on farm
  • Docking and Nicking of Horses Act 1949 (Ch 70).
  • The Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) Act 1954 and 1964 (Ch 46 and Ch 39).
  • Veterinary Surgery (Exemptions) Order 1962 (SI 1962 No. 2557).
  • Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 (1966 Ch 36).
  • Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968 (1968 Ch 34).
  • Veterinary Surgery (Exemptions) Order 1973 (SI 1973 No. 308).
  • The Docking of Pigs (Use of Anaesthetics) Order 1974 (SI 1974 No. 798)
  • The Welfare of Livestock Deer Order 1980 (SI 1980 No. 593)
  • The Removal of Antlers in Velvet (Anaesthetics) Order 1980 (SI 1980 No. 685).
  • The Welfare of Livestock (Prohibited Operations) Regulations 1982 (SI 1982, No. 114).
  • The Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) (Amendment) Order 1982 (1982 No. 1626).
  • Veterinary Surgery (Exemptions) (Amendment) Order 1982 (SI 1982 No. 1627).
  • The Welfare of Livestock (Prohibited Operations) (Amendment) Regulations 1987 (SI 1987 No. 114).
  • Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 (Schedule 3 Amendment) Order 1988 (SI 1988 No. 526).
  • Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 (Schedule 3 Amendment) Order 1991 (SI 1991 No. 1412).
  • The Welfare of Livestock Regulations 1994 (SI 1994 No. 2126).
  • Welfare of animals at market
  • The Welfare of Animals at Markets Order 1990 (SI 1990 No. 2628).
  • The Welfare of Animals at Markets (Amendment) Order 1993 (SI 1993 No. 3085).
  • The Welfare of Horses at Markets (and other Places of Sale) Order 1990 (SI 1990 No. 2627).
  • Welfare of animals during transport
  • The Transit of Animals Order 1927 (SI 1927 No. 289).
  • The Transit of Animals (Amendment) Order 1927 (SI 1927 No. 399).
  • The Animals (Sea Transport) Order 1930 (SI 1930 No. 923).The Transit of Animals (Amendment) Order 1931 (SI 1931 No. 750).
  • The Transit of Animals (Sea Transport) (Amendment) Order 1932 (SI 1932 No. 4984).
  • The Transit of Animals (Amendment) Order 1939 (SI 1939 No. 5842).
  • The Horses (Sea Transport) Order 1952 (SI 1952 No. 1291).
  • The Horses (Sea Transport) Amendment Order 1958 (SI 1958 No. 1272).
  • The Export of Horses (Veterinary Examination) Order 1966 SI 2966 No. 507).
  • The Export of Horses (Excepted Cases) Order 1969 (SI 1969 No. 1742).
  • The Export of Horses (Protection) Order 1969 (SI 1969 No. 1784)
  • The Transit of Animals (General) Order 1973 (SI 1973 No. 1377).
  • The Transmit of Animals (Road and Rail) Order 1975 (SI 1975 No. 1024).
  • The Importation of Animals Order 1977 (SI 1977 No. 944)
  • The Export of Horses and Ponies (Increase in Minimum Values) Order 1978 (SI 1978 No. 1748).
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  • The Transit of Animals (Road and Rail) (Amendment) Order 1979 (SI 1979 No. 1013).
  • The Export of Animals (Protection) Order 1981 (SI 1981 No. 1051).
  • The Transit of Animals (Amendment) Order 1988 (SI 1988 No. 815).
  • The Welfare of Poultry (Transport) Order 1988 (SI 1988 No. 851).
  • The Welfare of Poultry (Transport) (Amendment) Order 1989 (SI 1989 No. 52).
  • The Welfare of Animals During Transport Order 1994 (SI 1994 No. 3249).
  • The Welfare of Animals During Transport (Amendment) Order 1995 (SI 1995 No. 131).
  • Welfare of animals at slaughter
  • The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995 (SI 1995 No. 731).
  • Other legislation which have welfare implications
  • The Animals (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1927 (SI 1927 No. 290).
  • The Animals (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1938 (SI 1938 No. 5674).
  • Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (Ch 55).
  • Animal Health Act 1981 (Ch 22)
  • Animal Health Act 1981 (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (SI 1992 No. 3293).
  • EC Legislation
  • EC Directive 88/166 laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens kept in battery cages.
  • EC Directive 91/628 on the protection of animals during transport.
  • EC Directive 91/629 laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves.
  • EC Directive 91/630 Laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs.
  • EC Directive 91/119 on the protection of animals at the time of slaughter or killing.
  • EC Directive 95/29 ammending EC directive 91/628 on the protection of Animals during transport.
  • European Conventions
  • European Convention for the protection of Animals kept for farming purposes.
  • European Convention for the protection of animals during international transport.
  • European Convention for the protection of animals for slaughter.

Mr. Morley

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list by group, division or other work unit the number of grades of staff working within his Department on animal welfare issues. [34295]

Mrs. Browning

[holding answer 25 June 1996]: The number of posts complemented in the Ministry's animal welfare division and welfare at slaughter section and the associated sections of veterinary staff based at Ministry headquarters is as follows:

Number
Grade 5 1.5
Personal Sec 1.5
G7 4
SEO 3.75
HEO(D) 2
HEO 4.25
EO 5.55
AO 5.5
AA 7.5
Number
Typist 0.8
Veterinary Advisers 2.5
Livestock Transport Adviser 1

For the veterinary field service, analysis of work recording data for 1995–96 show that the following full-time equivalent staff years were spent on animal welfare by broad grade band:

Staff years
Veterinary grades (GB) 49.0
Technical grades (GB) 11.5
Administrative grades (England) 5.4
Total 66.9

The above figures do not include time spent by the Veterinary Laboratory Agency, the Meat Hygiene Service or ADAS on welfare matters, or the time of other officers of the Ministry—senior officials, lawyers, press officers and others—who spend part of their time on animal welfare.