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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of leaving the EU on the security of supply of medicines for animals.

The majority of veterinary medicines available on the UK market are authorised on a national basis, as either standalone UK authorisations or in partnership with one or more other Member States. The status of these nationally authorised veterinary medicines will not be affected by the UK leaving the EU.

A small percentage of veterinary medicines are authorised by the European Medicines Agency on a pan-European basis. The Government is working with the veterinary pharmaceutical industry to ensure that these medicines remain available once we leave the EU.