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Veterinary Services: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department will assess the potential impacts of the (a) Veterinary Medicines Internal Market Scheme and (b) Veterinary Medicines Health Situations Scheme on the agri-food s
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 12 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 24 Nov 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department will assess the potential impacts of the (a) Veterinary Medicines Internal Market Scheme and (b) Veterinary Medicines Health Situations Scheme on the agri-food s
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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24 Nov 2025
Answer published
We are confident in the two schemes being introduced by the Government and will continue to closely monitor the situation over the upcoming year and beyond. After extensive stakeholder engagement, our current assessment is that there will be minimal disru...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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