Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he will ban the use in veterinary medicine of any active pesticide substance deemed too harmful for use on crops.

This Government does not currently plan to introduce a blanket ban on veterinary use of active substances restricted in crop protection.

Veterinary medicines and pesticides are regulated under distinct frameworks, reflecting differences in use, exposure and risk.

All veterinary medicines are subject to a robust, science‑based benefit–risk assessment by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate and authorised only where benefits outweigh risks, including to the environment.