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Animal Experiments: Primates

Commons · Question 23465 · Tabled 13 Jan 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 21 Jan 2025

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Asked by Alicia Kearns

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent neglect of monkeys used for medical research.

Answer

Answered by Dan Jarvis, 21 Jan 2025

The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) provides protections for animals in the UK used in scientific procedures. All establishments licensed to breed or supply animals, or to carry out regulated procedures on animals, in Great Britain under A...