Animal Experiments: Dogs
Commons · Question 129280 · Tabled 22 Apr 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Ruth Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the level of a) pain, b) suffering, c) distress and d) lasting harm caused to dogs covered by service licences under the Animals (Scientific Procedure
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 29 Apr 2026
All project licence applications, including service licences which use specially protected species such as dogs and non-human primates, are subject to a rigorous harm-benefit analysis (HBA), required under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASP...