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Pets: Veterinary Services

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 11 June 2026UIN 1820

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to implement the recommendations contained in the Competition and Market Authority’s final report into veterinary services for household pets.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

This Government thanks the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for their hard work in delivering the market investigation into veterinary services for household pets. Many of the recommendations raised by the CMA requiring legislative change were covered in Defra’s consultation into the reform to the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 (VSA). This Government shall release a response to the CMA’s market investigation and the consultation on the reforms to the VSA in due course.

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