Written Question·Home Office·UIN 83969

Animal Experiments: Licensing

Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 31 October 2025

Question

Ian Byrne

LabourLiverpool West Derby

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will end the issuing of licences for experiments involving (a) dogs, (b) cats and (c) non-human primates under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

Answer

Dan Jarvis
This Government is committed to the development of non-animal alternatives and will publish a strategy later this year. However, in limited circumstances where there is no non-animal alternative, procedures are required to deliver benefits to people, anim...

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