Pets: Disease Control
Commons · Question 72488 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 9 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Rachel Gilmour
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will include pet treatments as a significant source of pesticides as part of the UK Pesticides National Action Plan 2025.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 9 Sep 2025
The UK Pesticides National Action Plan 2025 relates to plant protection products, and therefore does not cover pet treatments. Veterinary medicines are regulated under a separate legislative framework to pesticides: the Veterinary Medicines Regulations (V...