Vets

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture, Fisheries and Food – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 20 June 1991.

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Photo of Mr Peter Pike Mr Peter Pike , Burnley 12:00, 20 June 1991

The Minister will recognise the increasing demand for vets arising from our own legislation and from European directives and requirements. Only recently veterinary training at Cambridge and Glasgow was under threat. That threat has now been lifted, but in 1990 we brought in more than 400 vets from overseas. Will the Minister give us every assurance that the Government will not allow the nation to fail in those important services through not having sufficient trained vets from this country?