Moving animals across borders examined
15 April 2021
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee session focuses on the movement of agricultural animals. It will explore disease surveillance, border resources, and the movement of animals between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. MPs will also question witnesses on the Government’s proposed ban on the export of live animals for slaughter and fattening, and its implications for domestic slaughterhouse capacity.
- Watch Parliament TV: Moving animals across borders
- Inquiry: Moving animals across borders
- Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Witnesses
Tuesday 20 April, virtual meeting
At 2.30pm
- James Russell, President, British Veterinary Association
- Victor Chestnutt, President, Ulster Farmers' Union
- Stuart Roberts, Deputy President, NFU
At 3.30pm
- Professor Tim Morris, Special Professor in Laboratory Animal Welfare and Science, Nottingham University
- James West, Senior Policy Manager, Compassion in World Farming
- Malcolm Mitchel, Scottish Rural College, Professor of Physiology and Animal Welfare
Further information
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