questionText: 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 19 June 2025, how the proposed Veterinary Medicines Internal Market Scheme will allow vets to use specific individual medicines not authorised or available in Northern Ireland when needed; and what steps she is taking to ensure relevant obligations under (a) the IE/NI Protocol and (b) the pharmaceutical acquis of the Union are met.
answerText: 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...
heading: Veterinary Services: Northern Ireland