Question follow-through · 11118
Cats: Veterinary Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help increase the affordability of cat neutering services.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 24 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 28 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 31 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
24 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help increase the affordability of cat neutering services.
28 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Competition and Markets Authority, which is independent from Defra, is currently undertaking a market investigation into veterinary services, which includes the cost of veterinary care. Defra will review any recommendations that are made by the CMA wh...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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