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Animal Experiments

Commons · Question 11300 · Tabled 28 Oct 2024 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 5 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Sarah Champion

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6246 on Animal Experiments, what harms were experienced by dogs used in research on muscular dystrophy; and how much funding is being provided for

Answer

Answered by Dan Jarvis, 5 Nov 2024

The Home Office assigns severity classification to protocols in accordance with the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (as amended) which is published at: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/14/contents. The classification takes account of the...