Ms Caroline Garvan:

Okay. The important thing is that the TASAH programme in 2022 showed that in many cases farmers are using antiparasitics when they do not need to. Some 89% of the cattle herds in the TASAH programme had a faecal egg count below the threshold required for an antiparasitic and 75% of sheep herds were being given medicines that perhaps were not needed.

Many adult animals are also being treated. This regulation will focus on whether farmers need to buy these products in the first place which I suggest is a win. Antiparasitic resistance has significant impacts on production and profitability at farm level. Unless we address it appropriately through the prescribing methodology, farmers' security and society as a whole will lose out.