Question follow-through · 52972
Sheep: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the Veterinary Medicines Directorate’s five-year strategy to improve the (a) availability and (b) continuity of supply of sheep vaccines.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 16 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2025
- Answer
- 21 May 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the Veterinary Medicines Directorate’s five-year strategy to improve the (a) availability and (b) continuity of supply of sheep vaccines.
20 May 2025
Target answer date
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21 May 2025
Answer published
Defra is aware of the concerns regarding the availability and continuity of supply of vaccines for sheep and other animal species. The Veterinary Medicines Directorate, an agency of Defra, has held several meetings convening stakeholders from across gover...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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