Written Question·Home Office·UIN HL1806
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), how the level of pain expected to be experienced by animals is measured within the harm-benefit analysis.
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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