The full session of the Congress of Deputies will debate whether to create a subcommittee on animal health.

The full session of the Congress of Deputies will debate whether to create a subcommittee on animal health to analyze the situation of the veterinary sector and propose solutions to the challenges it faces. The initiative to send it to the full session was voted on this Tuesday in the Health Committee of the Lower House, at the proposal of the Republican parliamentary group, which sees it as necessary given that the veterinary sector "plays an essential role in public health, animal welfare, and food safety." In her statement of reasons, Deputy Etna Estrems believes that this subcommittee will serve to address the concern that veterinarians have "regarding various issues that affect their performance, including the growing bureaucratic burden, the regulation of the dispensing of veterinary medicines, and the lack of recognition of their work as healthcare professionals." The argument includes the approval of Royal Decree 666/2023 on the prescription of veterinary medicines, which ...