Written Question·Home Office·UIN 12522

Animal Breeding: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 4 November 2024
Answered: 7 November 2024

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) regulate and (b) monitor (i) MBR Acres and (ii) other breeding facilities to ensure compliance with animal welfare standards.

Answer

Dan Jarvis
The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) provides protections for animals bred in the UK for use in scientific procedures. All establishments licenced to breed protected animals under ASPA are required to comply with the published Code of Pract...

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