Category: Diary
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Are you the next parliamentary Veterinary Intern?
PARLIAMENTARY VETERINARY INTERN – For the office of Professor the Lord Trees One-year appointment. Part-time (four full days per week whilst Parliament is sitting – c.135 days per annum). £23,000 per annum London based. To start October 2021. This position is open to veterinary graduates (who are MRCVS) and to veterinary undergraduates enrolled at a…
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Lord Trees presses Home Office Minister over veterinary workforce shortage
On 17 July the House of Lords debated the EU Committee report on Brexit: UK-EU movement of people. Lord Trees took this opportunity to speak on the workforce issues affecting the veterinary profession. He outlined key statistics concerning veterinary workforce shortages and asked the Home Office Minister Baroness Williams: Can the Minister assure the House…
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Peers interview Defra Officials on the impact of Brexit on Animal Health and Welfare
In March 2017 the House of Lords EU Select Subcommittee on Energy and Environment interviewed Nigel Gibbens (UK Chief Veterinary Officer, Defra) and Pamela Thompson (Head of EU Exit Team for Animal & Plant Health, Defra) as part of their inquiry into the impacts of Brexit on Agriculture in the UK. Under the Chairmanship of…
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Would you like to be the next Parliamentary Veterinary Intern?
Lord Trees is pleased to welcome applications for the next Parliamentary Veterinary Internship starting in October 2017. The internship offers the chance to work at the House of Lords alongside the sole veterinarian active in Parliament. It offers a personal insight into veterinary policy and the parliamentary process; a chance for those interested in policy…
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Brexit and Veterinary Research
Lord Trees and the Parliamentary Intern have recently been very active in researching and speaking up on the potential impacts which Brexit may have on research and higher education. Today, an article written by Lord Trees was published in the RCVS Knowledge website “Veterinary Evidence Online“. The article includes commentary on the impacts which Brexit…
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Parliamentary Veterinary Intern interviewed in Westminster
Parliamentary Veterinary Intern Anthony Ridge was recently interviewed outside the Palace of Westminster for a British Veterinary Association (BVA) video exploring the wide ranging career opportunities available to veterinarians. The video “Where can a veterinary degree take you?” was produced in association with ITN Productions and also features Hannah Jordan, Parliamentary Veterinary Intern 2013-2015 and currently Policy…
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Lord Trees to host meeting of young vets at the House of Lords
On Wednesday 14th September Lord Trees will be hosting 40 young vets at the House of Lords for a roundtable discussion on experiences both in clinical practice and in non-clinical careers. The event is free to attend and will also include lunch, refreshments and an optional tour of the Palace of Westminster. The event is…
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Ensuring the Future Funding of Equine Veterinary Research and Education
A proposed change to the levy funding structure could have major implications for the future of equine veterinary research and education. The horseracing industry is heavily dependent on a levy collected from bookmakers but in recent years there has been a decline in levy funding associated with rapid increases in online and overseas gambling that are…
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Lord Trees visits Hampshire farms with EU committee
Last week Lord Trees visited Kingsclere Estate, Manydown Farm, and Vitacress Salads Ltd alongside other members of the House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee. For the last two years Lord Trees has been a committee member of the House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee that meets weekly to scrutinize legislative proposals from the EU…
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VPRF Annual Report and AGM
Last week the we hosted the third VPRF AGM at the House of Lords and presented our Annual Report including a summary of our activities over the last year. Highlights from 2015 Lord Trees took part in a range of debates with topics including dog breeding, the dairy industry, welfare of animals at slaughter, hunting and Lyme disease. Lord Trees became a…