Question follow-through · 108063
Veterinary Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to increase participation in the RCVS Practice Standards Scheme.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 23 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 28 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 29 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to increase participation in the RCVS Practice Standards Scheme.
28 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jan 2026
Answer published
In the newly released consultation regarding reform of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966, Defra proposes to replace the RCVS Practice Standards Scheme with a mandatory licence for all veterinary and animal healthcare businesses. This will ensure they all m...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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