Written Question·Home Office·UIN HL1807

Animal Experiments: Licensing

Tabled: 8 July 2026

Answered: 15 July 2026

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 1 July (HL1346), when an application for a project licence under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 was last rejected on the grounds that it would involve

Answer

Under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, project licences cannot authorise procedures that may cause the animal severe pain, suffering or distress that is likely to be long-lasting and cannot be alleviated. The earliest project licence applicat...

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