Question follow-through · 106580
Veterinary Services: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what comparative estimate her Department has made of the cost of (a) veterinary medicines and (b) equivalent human medicines.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 19 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 29 Jan 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
19 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what comparative estimate her Department has made of the cost of (a) veterinary medicines and (b) equivalent human medicines.
21 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jan 2026
Answer published
Veterinary medicine is a private service, including the prescription and supply of veterinary medicines. The Government does not regulate the cost of medicines and pricing structures are not subject to legislative controls. The costs of veterinary medicin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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