Membership
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-21)

Members of the Veterinary Products Committee and recent minutes.

Members and their qualification status

There are currently 18 members of the Veterinary Products Committee (VPC):
- Ms Helen Ballantyne, chair
- Dr David Bartley, parasitologist
- Dr Rachel Bennett, pharmacologist
- Dr Mark Bowen, veterinary surgeon (equine)
- Mr Benjamin Buckle, toxicologist
- Dr Yu-Mei Ruby Chang, epidemiologist and statistician
- Mr Michael Clark, veterinary surgeon (poultry)
- Dr Kannan Ganapathy, veterinary surgeon (poultry and novel vaccines)
- Mr Mark Jelley, working farmer
- Mrs Fiona Kidd, Suitably Qualified Person (SQP)
- Professor David Killick, veterinary surgeon (mixed/small animal)
- Dr David Mackay, veterinary surgeon (immunologist)
- Mr Ronnie Soutar, veterinary surgeon (fish)
- Professor Jonathan Statham, veterinary surgeon (large animal)
- Ms Andrea Tarr, pharmacist
- Mr Enrique Vega, veterinary surgeon (public health) and food safety risk assessor
- Professor Jason Weeks, environmental scientist
- Mr Mark White, veterinary surgeon (pigs)
Members' biographies and declarations of interests (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67c1ca1772e83aab48866cac/2963460-v1-VPC_member_information_for_Gov_uk.pdf) (PDF, 209 KB, 7 pages)

Minutes

The committee meets about 3 times a year.

VPC minutes, 23 October 2025 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69207761a0e0fb4c2936ab80/VPC_October_2025_minutes.pdf) (PDF, 191 KB, 5 pages)

VPC minutes, 12 June 2025 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/687524f239d0452326e28e1f/VPC_June_2025_minutes.pdf) (PDF, 213 KB, 7 pages)

VPC minutes, 13 February 2025 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67d955424ba412c67701ed40/2974136-v1-VPC_February_2025_Minutes_for_Gov_uk.pdf) (PDF, 279 KB, 6 pages)

VPC minutes, 24 October 2024 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67447bf71034a5f4a58568ef/2906115-v1-VPC_Oct_24_minutes_for_Gov_uk.pdf) (PDF, 120 KB, 4 pages)

VPC minutes, 23 May 2024 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/667a9f86aec8650b1008ff7f/2809675-v1-VPC_May_2024_Minutes_for_Gov_uk.pdf) (PDF, 280 KB, 7 pages)

VPC Minutes, 8 February 2024 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67c09a3668a61757838d20c8/2747884-v1-VPC_Feb_24_minutes_for_Gov_uk.pdf) (PDF, 216 KB, 6 pages)

VPC Minutes, 19 October 2023 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65608f2a0c7ec8001195bdd6/2679460-v1-VPC_October_2023_minutes.pdf) (PDF, 134 KB, 7 pages)

VPC Minutes, 25 May 2023 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64a7d4cb7a4c23000cbba35b/_2593636-v1-VPC_May_2023_minutes.pdf) (PDF, 120 KB, 7 pages)

VPC minutes, 9 February 2023 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/641ae4a7e90e0769ef905c1a/-_2526083-v1-VPC_February_2023_minutes.pdf) (PDF, 120 KB, 6 pages)

VPC minutes, 6 October 2022 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/636bba95e90e076191f30100/MB-_2438664-v1-VPC_October_2022_published_minutes.pdf) (PDF, 161 KB, 7 pages)

VPC minutes, 26 May 2022 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/62c41ff78fa8f54e8cd617f4/VPC_minutes_26_May_2022.pdf) (PDF, 128 KB, 6 pages)

VPC minutes 3 February 2022 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6238592ae90e0779a18d3f4e/VPC_February_2022_minutes.pdf) (PDF, 107 KB, 5 pages)

VPC Minutes 30 September 2021 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/61c1f7dfe90e07196b24c75e/PCDOCS-_2207489-v1-VPC_September_2021_minutes_Updated_Dec_21.pdf) (PDF, 148 KB, 6 pages)

VPC minutes 20 May 2021 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/60e2d6be8fa8f50ab737ffa7/PCDOCS-_2130869-v1-VPC_May_2021_minutes_for_Gov_uk.pdf) (PDF, 121 KB, 6 pages)

VPC Minutes 4 February 2021 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6048ad66e90e071544228b2e/VPC_February_2021_minutes_for_Gov_uk__2052279-v1.pdf) (PDF, 117 KB, 6 pages)