Written Question·Home Office·UIN 81119
MBR Acres: Animal Experiments
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025
Question
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour — Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many beagles from MBR Acres were used in the UK in the development of a covid-19 vaccine.
Answer
Dan JarvisRegulatory testing to assure the efficacy and safety of human medicines, including vaccines, may require the use of animals where non animal alternatives are not available. This sometimes includes the use of beagles, for which MBR acres is the only UK fac...
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