Question follow-through · 85576
Pets: Insecticides
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has considered requiring pet products containing pesticides that are sold off the shelf to the public to provide explicit (a) advice and (b) warnings of their potential imp
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 27 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 4 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
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- Furs: Animal Welfare · 23 Mar 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
27 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has considered requiring pet products containing pesticides that are sold off the shelf to the public to provide explicit (a) advice and (b) warnings of their potential imp
30 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is aware of stakeholder concerns regarding veterinary medicines that can be sold without a prescription and are available from general retailers (AVM-GSL distribution category) for some companion animal flea and ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling
2 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the response to the Stage 3 consultation on managing bottom trawl fishing in 41 English marine protected areas.
Veterinary Services: Insecticides
9 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has assessed the potential merits of amending the user risk mitigation advice for spot-on pet treatments to include all sources of the potential impact of short and long te
Veterinary Services: Insecticides
9 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has assessed the potential merits of asking the VMD to reduce the unrestricted use of spot-on pet treatments by re-classifying them from general sales to POM-V.
Pets: Insecticides
9 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the VMD has made with its roadmap to help address the presence of chemicals from pet flea and tick treatments in UK waterways.
Furs: Animal Welfare
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will confirm whether fur falls outside of scope of the UK/EU SPS Agreement as it was not listed in the recently published UK-EU SPS Agreement - Legislation in scope document.
Climate Change
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will make it his policy to use the mandatory Adaptation Reporting Power regularly.
Horticulture
20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on the Horticulture Sector Growth Plan.
Food Security: Climate Change
20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to maximise UK food security in the context of climate instability.