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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Ministers and officials in her Department have met the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance.

Officials of the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), an executive agency of Defra, meet regularly with the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance (RUMA) and its member organisations. The VMD attends meetings of RUMA as an observer.