Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to his contributions of 13 December 2012, Official Report, column 530, on live animal exports, if he will publish the reasons that each firm in Ramsgate served with a statutory notice was so treated.
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Answer
The Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency have served 30 Statutory Notices at Ramsgate Port, for one or more of the following reasons:
Animal(s) unfit to travel
Water system not operational
No means to measure the water level in the tank
Mechanical ventilation not fully functional
Insufficient headroom
Partitions need securing
Journey times exceeded
Delays to journeys due to insufficient planning/co-ordination
No Transporter Authorisation or Vehicle Approval
Overall vehicle height exceeded EU operating height
Vehicles not adequately maintained and being operated in a manner which may cause injury.