Oral QuestionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

What steps he is taking to ensure the availability of vets for abattoirs after the UK leaves the EU.

Tabled: 4 December 2017Answered: 7 December 2017

Asked by

Tim Farron

Liberal DemocratWestmorland and Lonsdale

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Answer from Hansard

The Prime Minister

As I have said, when the deal is complete, I will put it before the House with the costings. The money yesterday was allocated to aid our capability and is the single biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the cold war.