Animal Experiments: Primates
Commons · Question 86443 · Tabled 29 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Manuela Perteghella
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of importing cynomolgus monkeys born in (a) Africa and (b) Asia for use in scientific procedures on the welfare of those animals.
Answer
Answered by Dan Jarvis, 11 Nov 2025
The Home Office is committed to maintaining the highest standards of animal welfare regarding the use of non-human primates in scientific procedures. The use of cynomolgus monkeys in the United Kingdom is strictly regulated under the Animals (Scientific P...