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Pets: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will include pet treatments as a significant source of pesticides as part of the UK Pesticides National Action Plan 2025.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
9 Sept 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will include pet treatments as a significant source of pesticides as part of the UK Pesticides National Action Plan 2025.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The UK Pesticides National Action Plan 2025 relates to plant protection products, and therefore does not cover pet treatments. Veterinary medicines are regulated under a separate legislative framework to pesticides: the Veterinary Medicines Regulations (V...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pesticides

1 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including pet treatments as a significant source of pesticides as part of the UK Pesticides National Action Plan 2025.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Food Supply

1 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support food security.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Farmers: Finance

1 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to increase levels of funding available for farmers.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Pets: Disease Control

1 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle human health risks associated with spot on pet treatments containing (a) fipronil and (b) imidacloprid.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Palm Oil: Sustainable Development

19 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to promote the awareness and use of sustainable palm oil.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Rivers: Standards

10 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the latest data on the ecological status of rivers across the UK.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Hill Farming: Finance

10 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to financially support upland farmers in areas such as Exmoor.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Water: Insecticides

25 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider the merits of the development of an environmental quality standard for water for either Fipronil or Imidacloprid.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Agriculture and Forests: Apprentices

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential impact of apprenticeship assessment reforms on workforce capacity in agriculture, forest

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Weather: Finance

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a Climate Shock Fund to boost Britain's resilience to extreme weather.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

South West Water: Standards

2 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of South West Water’s leakage performance on customer’s bills; and whether the Government is taking steps to ensure that customers do not fac

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Meat: Brazil

9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the merits of introducing a ban on Brazilian meat imports, in line with measures introduced by the European Union.