Petition · past parliament
Stop emergency vets extortionate prices
Rejected
17 signatures
What the petition asks
Being a big animal lover, i find it really offensive and disgraceful that if you have no choice but to take a sick pet to the vets on a weekend that you have to pay the extortionate prices just for a vet to enter the same room as your pet. It has to stop!!
If you take your pet to the vets on a week day you look to pay between £20 and £40 for a consultation. Emergency vets are an out of hours service and therefore should be paid extra, however being asked to pay nearly 9 times the week day amount is disgraceful. These vets proclaim to be animal lovers yet because of these prices animals are being forced to suffer and even die because people with normal paying jobs cannot afford those prices!! It NEEDS be illegal to charge stupid amounts of money!!
Why it was rejected
It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.
The UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the fees charged by vets.
Timeline
| 20 Mar 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 31 Mar 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
17
Status
Rejected
Rejected
31 Mar 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.