Written questions

Animal Experiments: Primates

Commons · Question 30104 · Tabled 10 Feb 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 17 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Alberto Costa

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a response to the Animals in Science Committee's research entitled Commission of advice: non-human primates bred for use in scientific procedures, published on 6 September 2022; an

Answer

Answered by Dan Jarvis, 17 Feb 2025

Through the UK legislation, the government requires the principles of the 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement) to be delivered for non-human primates (NHPs) in scientific research. When there is no alternative to using NHPs in scientific procedure...