Question follow-through · 106418
Insecticides: Rivers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the contamination of rivers with insecticides applied as flea and tick treatments to dogs and cats.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 16 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 21 Jan 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the contamination of rivers with insecticides applied as flea and tick treatments to dogs and cats.
20 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises concerns about the environmental impacts of spot‑on parasiticide treatments for companion animals. Research funded by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has improved understanding of how key active substances enter the en...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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