Written Question·Home Office·UIN 109927

Animal Experiments

Tabled: 30 January 2026

Answered: 5 February 2026

Named Day

Question

Mr Peter Bedford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that organisations that hold licenses to use animals in science provide those animals with access to food and water; and if she will make an assessment of the potent

Answer

Dan Jarvis

All licensed establishments must fully uphold the required standards for animal welfare as set out in the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) and the Code of Practice for the Housing and Care of Animals Bred, Supplied or Used for Scientific Pu...

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