Irene Campbell

Irene Campbell

Labour — North Ayrshire and Arran

Speaking in the House of Commons on 27 April 2026

Debate

Animal Testing

Contribution

I fully agree with everything the hon. Member said. I will go on to say more about that. The petition refers specifically to dogs, as well as other animals that are used in testing. In 2024, 2.64 million procedures in British laboratories used animals—every minute of every day, five animals are used in research in the United Kingdom—over 16,000 experiments were carried out on specially protected species, including cats, dogs, horses and monkeys, and 1,651 dogs were used in experiments.

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