Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2018 to Question 123208, if she will include veterinary surgeons to the shortage occupation list before the UK leaves the EU,

The Shortage Occupation List is based on advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC).
The MAC has carried out two full reviews and four partial reviews of the Shortage Occupation List since May 2010. Further information about the MAC’s methodology and the reviews it has carried out are available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/migration-advisory-committee.
In seeking to develop an immigration system that serves the national interest, in July 2017, we commissioned the MAC to advise on the economic and social impacts of the UK’s exit from the European Union and also on how the UK’s immigration system should be aligned with a modern industrial strategy – which will inform our decisions on the future system. The MAC has been asked to report by September 2018.