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Animal Experiments: Shellfish

Asked by Sarah ChampionLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 17 September 2024UIN 5059

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the findings of the Decapods: Call for Evidence, published on 5 July 2023; and what recent estimate she has made of when the Animals in Science Committee will report on options for the future regulation of the use of decapod crustaceans in research.

Answered by Dan Jarvis

Following earlier research and reports on this issue, the next step is for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to decide whether to regulate Decapods under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

Any decision of publication of earlier research or the commissioning of further advice will follow in due course.

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