Irene Campbell MP: written questions 2026
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Written questions
Animal Experiments: DogsHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23687More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Department will consider conducting a review of the need for dogs across all areas of scientific research and testing.
Answer: Dogs are a specially protected species under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. They may only be used in research where the applicant demonstrates that the scientific objective cannot be achieved using a scientifically satisfactory non-animal m...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23686More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether data will be collected and reported for the use of polyclonal antibodies.
Answer: The Home Office collects and reports data on procedures for the routine production of blood-based products, which includes the production of polyclonal antibodies. Polyclonal antibody production may also be reported under the purposes of “Basic research” ...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23685More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he plans to (a) deliver the 2025 Replacing Animals in Science Strategy and (b) ensure that work under that strategy receives dedicated ministerial oversight and resources f
Answer: The Government remains committed to delivering the Replacing Animals in Science strategy, which sets out a long-term, cross-government programme to accelerate the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods. Delivery is underway across Gover...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLivestock: WeatherDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15547More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment's identification of risks to livestock from multiple climate hazards as a priority risk area, what steps her Department is
Answer: The Government has a protocol to monitor animal welfare during high-risk weather periods and ensure keepers take steps to mitigate risks. The Food Standards Agency shares data with Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency for welfare issues originatin...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLivestock: WeatherDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data her Department holds on the number of farmed animals that have required veterinary attention and/or died on-farm or in transport as a result of heat stress or other extreme w
Answer: The Government does not hold data on the number of farmed animals that have required veterinary attention and/or died on-farm due to heat stress.Data from 2022 indicates that, in July and August 2022 when there was unprecedented hot weather in the UK, app...
Answered 9 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPoultry: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the commercial viability of 'day-zero' systems where genetically edited breeding hens ensure only female layer chicks hatch, eliminatin
Answer: As stated in the recently published Animal Welfare Strategy Defra will encourage industry to end the practice of culling male laying hen chicks. In recent years there has been rapid global progress in a range of technologies that could help end the routin...
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the level of public funding allocated to (a) animal-based research and (b) non-animal New Approach Methodologies in the last five
Answer: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) invests to support research which can lead to alternatives, such as organ-on-a-chip, cell-based assays, functional genomics and computer modelling. These are categorised as basic research, so calculating funding for New A...
Answered 27 May 2026
Original Parliament recordPigs: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help reduce the prevalence of tail docking on pigs.
Answer: The Department has recently engaged with the Pig Veterinary Society and the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons to reduce the prevalence of pig tail docking by working with the industry and the veterinary profession. Defra is now carefully considering th...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 22 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has considered whether the relationship between the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) and Understanding Animal Res
Answer: The NC3Rs does not sponsor UAR activities beyond being a signatory and participant in the UK Concordat on Openness on Animal Research which is managed by UAR. The NC3Rs works with a range of relevant stakeholders across the life sciences sector, including...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Animal WelfareTreasuryTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115040More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of ensuring that the Treasury Green Book takes account of the statutory duty introduced by the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022 in the appraisal of policies ac
Answer: HM Treasury published an updated version of the Green Book on 5th February, which acknowledges the statutory role of the ASC and includes language in paragraph 8.84 noting that appraisals should consider the effects of a proposal on the welfare of animals...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114573More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure cross-government coordination and policy alignment with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s strategy to support the developm
Answer: Defra is working together with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) in relation to those priorities, targets and commitments in DSIT’s Strategy to Support the Development, Validation and Uptake of Alternative Methods whose implemen...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHunting: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112469More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the proposed consultation on banning trail hunting will allow submissions on family pets being killed by hunting hounds; and what plans she has to bring forward legislative pro
Answer: The Government will hold a consultation on its plans to ban trail hunting. Defra will be guided by the Government's consultation principles in shaping the proposed consultation. The department plans to introduce legislation to ban the activity of trail hu...
Answered 18 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105979More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit Annual Report 2024, published in December 2025, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the incident in which mice
Answer: All licensed establishments must fully uphold the required standards for animal welfare as set out in the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) and the Code of Practice for the Housing and Care of Animals Bred, Supplied or Used for Scientific Pu...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's corporate report, entitled Animals in Science Regulation Unit Annual Report 2024, published in December 2025, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of t
Answer: All licensed establishments must fully uphold the required standards for animal welfare as set out in the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) and the Code of Practice for the Housing and Care of Animals Bred, Supplied or Used for Scientific Pu...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
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