To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 22 February 2010, Official Report, column 49W, on veterinary services: complaints, if he will (a) invite the group Rights 4 Pets (PrOtEcT) vets to participate in the meeting on 2 March 2010 and (b) meet that group to discuss its representations on the investigation of complaints against veterinary surgeons. (319020)

[holding answer 26 February 2010]: I am meeting representatives of the Action Group Against the Disciplinary Committee of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons on 2 March 2010. Rather than invite the Rights 4 Pets group to this meeting at this late stage, I would be happy to meet the group on a separate occasion to discuss their concerns.