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The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has warned that putting a cap on veterinary fees for pets could…
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The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has warned that putting a cap on…
The UK’s independent pig producers are, once again, staring at a deeply uncertain outlook, following…
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has warned that putting a cap on…
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has warned that putting a cap on…
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The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has warned that putting a cap on veterinary fees for pets could result in higher costs for farm vets. A recent Competition and…
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The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has warned that putting a cap on…
The UK’s independent pig producers are, once again, staring at a deeply uncertain outlook, following…
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The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has warned that putting a cap on veterinary fees for pets could result in higher costs for farm…
The UK’s independent pig producers are, once again, staring at a deeply uncertain outlook, following what has been described as an ‘unprecedented’ realignment of supplies by…
The current market turbulence comes in the run-up to the August 13 deadline when all pig contracts must comply with the Fair Dealing Obligations (Pigs) (FDOP)…
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Curbing pet veterinary fees could result in farm vet cost hike, MPs warn
0The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has warned that putting a cap on veterinary fees for pets could result in higher costs for farm vets. A recent Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) report highlighted rapidly rising prices and large corporate entities having a greater share of the market of high street practices. But the Committee heard concerns that, in rural areas, proposed measures to limit fees for the care of household pets could undermine the ability to keep costs down for care of farm animals, which are often cross-subsidised by the former. In a new report published today, MPs recommend that, once the CMA’s remedies for the veterinary market commence, the Government should establish a framework…

