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Animal Experiments: Animal Breeding

Asked by Laura Kyrke-SmithLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 16 September 2025UIN 74237

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of routinely (a) recording and (b) reporting the number of animals bred for and not used in scientific research.

Answered by Dan Jarvis

The Home Office is presently reviewing the potential merits of recording and reporting the number of animals that were bred for and not used in scientific procedures.

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