Animal Experiments: Licensing
Commons · Question 83969 · Tabled 21 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Ian Byrne
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will end the issuing of licences for experiments involving (a) dogs, (b) cats and (c) non-human primates under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
Answer
Answered by Dan Jarvis, 31 Oct 2025
This Government is committed to the development of non-animal alternatives and will publish a strategy later this year. However, in limited circumstances where there is no non-animal alternative, procedures are required to deliver benefits to people, anim...