Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 88165

Veterinary Services: Northern Ireland

Tabled: 4 November 2025
Answered: 12 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Jim Allister

Traditional Unionist VoiceNorth Antrim

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 27 of her Department's policy paper entitled Protecting Animal Health: The The Government’s Approach to Veterinary Medicines in Northern Ireland, updated on

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The Veterinary Medicines Internal Market Scheme (VMIMS) builds on the existing cascade system that is well known to vets. It removes the requirement for a Special Import Certificate for products sourced from Great Britain under the cascade that are not va...

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