Written questions

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...