Written Question·Home Office·UIN 13925

Animal Experiments: Dogs

Tabled: 29 June 2026
Answered: 6 July 2026

Question

Fleur Anderson

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the levels of the use of dogs at the MBR Acres facility in Cambridgeshire; and whether she plans to take steps to end the breeding and supply of dogs for scientific tes

Answer

Sarah Jones
Pharmaceutical legislation requires that, before a medicine can be approved for testing in humans, it is tested in a rodent and non-rodent species under international guidelines. This may include dogs as an appropriate model. The number of Beagles bred is...

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