A question on #VeterinaryServices tabled by Ruth Jones on 28-01-2025 has been answered by Daniel Zeichner.

Heading: Veterinary Services
Question ID: 1759230
UIN: 26855
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-01-28
Asking Member ID: 4716
Asking Member display name: Ruth Jones
Asking Member handle: RuthJonesLabour
Asking Member Twitter reference: @RuthJonesLabour
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the report entitled Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Recommendations for future veterinary
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Date answered: 2025-02-03
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Answering Member ID: 4382
Answering Member display name: Daniel Zeichner
Answering Member handle: danielzeichner
Answering Member Twitter reference: @danielzeichner
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Answer text: The department acknowledges the calls from the veterinary sector to update the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966. Defra is actively engaging with stakeholders, including the RCVS, to explore how legislation can best address the needs of the profession and publ...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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