Written Question·Home Office·UIN 107977

Animal Experiments: Shellfish

Tabled: 23 January 2026
Answered: 30 January 2026

Question

Andrew Rosindell

Reform UKRomford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to phase out the use of crustaceans in scientific experimentation.

Answer

Dan Jarvis
The Government is committed to non-animal alternatives in science and has published a strategy which sets out our long-term vision for a world where the use of animals in science is eliminated in all but exceptional circumstances. The strategy is availabl...

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