Remove VAT charges on Veterinary Medicine.

Having been a dog-owner for many years, I have been lucky that the majority of them have been healthy and required minimal or no medicines or treatment. Recently though, my beautiful, 10-year-old rescued Greyhound has developed a medical problem and is now in need of regular medication for the foreseeable future. I was horrified to learn that VAT is payable on her medicine and cannot understand why this is. I am a disabled pensioner with long-term health problems of my own, so am very unhappy about this unfair added burden on my finances. As a rescued-dog-owner yourself Mr Johnson, I would like you to do something about this, and ease the burden of having a sick animal for the millions of people in the UK who rely on them for companionship.