Written Question·Home Office·UIN 16379

Animal Experiments

Tabled: 7 July 2026
Answered: 13 July 2026

Question

Andrew Rosindell

Reform UKRomford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department defines the statutory term scientifically satisfactory under Section 2A of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 as being legally dependent upon formal regulatory (a) val

Answer

Sarah Jones
Under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA), the statutory duty in section 2A requires the Secretary of State to ensure compliance with the principles of replacement, reduction and refinement (3Rs principles). In relation to the principle of...

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