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Animal Experiments: Shellfish

Commons · Question 50285 · Tabled 6 May 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 14 May 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 2 May 2025 to Question 48655 on Shellfish; Animal Experiments, for what reason her Department is awaiting a decision from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affai

Answer

Answered by Dan Jarvis, 14 May 2025

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is responsible for the Animal Welfare Act 2006 which provides a framework for animal protection and welfare. It is therefore within Defra's expertise to consider if decapods should come under ...