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Commons · Question 26855 · Tabled 28 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 3 Feb 2025

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Asked by Ruth Jones

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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Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 3 Feb 2025

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...