Mr. Jimmy Quinn:

At 3,300, we have never had so many vets on the register, but this raw figure needs to be qualified. Many of those are part-time or are semi-retired but still on the register to carry out, for example, meat inspection work. A more accurate intangible figure is that of full-time equivalents who are available to do clinical work. This is where the problem is. Mr. Moriarty would back that up.