Policy Committee (PC) plays a key role in the development of BVA policy across a wide range of animal health and welfare, public health, and veterinary professional issues, reporting to BVA Council. PC works closely with BVA Officers and the BVA team to:

• develop policy positions on priority issues, working in partnership with relevant species divisions and by convening task and finish working groups
• horizon scan for the hot topics of interest to the profession
• recommend and approve our policy, lobbying and campaigning priorities for each Association year
• advise on our responses to consultations from Government, the devolved administrations and other key stakeholders

Policy Committee activity 

PC is currently:

• closely following the Competition and Markets Authority investigation of veterinary services for household pets and advising on our response.
• working with the relevant divisions to produce joint positions on identified priority animal welfare problems, including cages for laying hens and farrowing crates for pigs.
• advising on the progress of three working groups, one on animals in performance sport, one on anthelmintics in grazing animals, and one on the UK veterinary agreement with the EU.

PC has recently:

• developed our position on gene-editing of animals
• developed our position on diet and nutrition for cats and dogs
• developed our positions on canine breeding services, and Brucella canis
• updated our position on breeding for health and temperament in the context of breed specific legislation and extreme breeding for aggression