Written Question·Home Office·UIN 81119

MBR Acres: Animal Experiments

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

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 Jarvis
Regulatory 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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