Question follow-through · 17766

MBR Acres: Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the end of (a) animal testing and (b) testing on beagles at MBR Acres.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
4 Dec 2024
Target answer date
9 Dec 2024
Answer
10 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the end of (a) animal testing and (b) testing on beagles at MBR Acres.

  2. 9 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    This Government has made a commitment to the development of alternative methodologies to the use of animals in science. The plan we develop will maintain the UK’s place at the forefront of science development and innovation.In the limited circumstances wh...

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