DR Neil hudson mp (co CHAIR) 

Dr Neil Hudson MA VetMB PhD DEIM DipVetClinStud PFHEA FRCVS MP is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Epping Forest and a Shadow DEFRA Minister of State. Neil is a veterinary surgeon and has worked in mixed veterinary practice and academia in the UK and Australia. He is an RCVS Diplomate in Equine Internal Medicine, a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Neil served on the Commons EFRA Select Committee from 2020-2024, and is Co-Chair of the APPG for Animal Welfare. In 2021, he was nominated as one of the British Equine Veterinary Association’s  (BEVA) ‘60 Faces Initiative’ and in 2024, Neil was awarded the inaugural RSPCA Massingham Advocacy Award. Neil is the first veterinary surgeon to be elected to the House of Commons since 1884.

PROFESSOR THE LORD TREES (CO-CHAIR)

Professor Trees is a leading veterinary surgeon who has worked in general practice, industry and academia and was appointed chairman of the internationally renowned animal health research institute the Moredun Research Institute. Professor Trees is only the second veterinary surgeon to enter the House of Lords, joining Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior in Parliament’s upper chamber. He was formerly President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and Dean of Liverpool University Veterinary School.

Danny chambers mp

Danny works as a vet in Winchester, is the trustee of two charities and was elected by his peers to the body that governs the veterinary profession. He has campaigned to highlight the severe health problems associated with flat-faced dogs, such as pugs and French bulldogs, which are ever growing in popularity. Danny has published papers in the scientific journal Veterinary Record and is passionate about One Health – the role that vets play in improving human health and wellbeing.

As a project manager he has designed and implemented a livestock improvement programme in Iraq to improve food security, worked with rabies eradication projects in street dogs in India to prevent transmission of the virus to humans, and volunteered with charities treating working horses in poor communities. Danny was elected to represent Winchester in July 2024.

IRENE CAMPBELL mp

Irenel Campbell is a Scottish Labour Party MP who has elected for North Ayrshire and Arran South in July 2024 .She is well known for fighting and speaking up for for animal welfare bringing years of campaigning experience to the cause and as he also chairs the APPG for Dog Welfare. Irene speaks out on many issues including the need to shift to less meat based diets and campaigned on ending the use of cages, stopping use of animals in science and ending the badger cull.

20 qualifying mp

The APPG rules set out that there must be 20 MPs and Lords to qualify an All-Party Group. This list is the 20 qualifying members – the additional list of members beyond this 20 is kept by the secretariat.

Irene Campbell MP

Adrian Ramsay MP

Sarah Edwards MP

Ruth Jones MP

Cat Eccles MP

Becky Gittons MP

Andrew Rosindell MP

Louie French MP

Rachel Maskell MP

Gill Furniss MP

James Naish MP

Sarah Champion MP

Andrew George MP

Emma Foody MP

Sarah Champion MP

Sarah Dyke MP

Sian Berry MP

Lord de Clifford

Lord Bradley