Written Question·Home Office·UIN 83969
Animal Experiments: Licensing
Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 31 October 2025
Question
Ian Byrne
Labour — Liverpool 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 JarvisThis 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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