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Animal Experiments: Shellfish

Commons · Question 107977 · Tabled 23 Jan 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 30 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to phase out the use of crustaceans in scientific experimentation.

Answer

Answered by Dan Jarvis, 30 Jan 2026

The Government is committed to non-animal alternatives in science and has published a strategy which sets out our long-term vision for a world where the use of animals in science is eliminated in all but exceptional circumstances. The strategy is availabl...