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registered interest false more like this
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Pharmacy: Pollution more like this
house id 2 more like this
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25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report in the Lancet First, do no harm: time for a systems approach to address the problem of health-care-derived pharmaceutical pollution, published in December 2022; and what steps, if any, they plan to take regarding its recommendations. more like this
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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-02-01more like thismore than 2023-02-01
answer text <p>Defra and its agencies, including the Environment Agency, have not yet considered the report in full detail but will do so in due course. We will consider the recommendations in conjunction with officials in the Department for Health and Social Care. Defra has already noted that some of the suggested interventions in the Lancet paper may be relevant to veterinary medicines. The Veterinary Medicines Directorate within Defra is actively considering issues around pharmaceuticals in the environment, and conducts environmental risk assessments for all new veterinary medicines.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Benyon more like this
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less than 2023-02-01T15:05:43.217Zmore like thismore than 2023-02-01T15:05:43.217Z
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1547
label Biography information for Lord Benyon more like this
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label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle more like this