Question follow-through · 34644
Veterinary Services: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing statutory regulation of the veterinary profession.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 28 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 5 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
28 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing statutory regulation of the veterinary profession.
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Mar 2025
Answer published
Defra officials are actively engaging with key stakeholders, including representatives from the BVA (British Veterinary Association), as well as the RCVS (Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons), BVNA (British Veterinary Nursing Association), and the Vet Sc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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7 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria his Department plans to use to decide when personal imports of meat and dairy products from the European Union can be reinstated.
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7 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria his Department uses to determine when bans on personal imports of food products should be implemented following disease outbreaks.
Animal Products: UK Trade with EU
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