Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 72488

Pets: Disease Control

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 9 September 2025

Question

Rachel Gilmour

Liberal Democrat — Tiverton and Minehead

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

Emma Hardy

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...

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