Question follow-through · 23465

Animal Experiments: Primates

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent neglect of monkeys used for medical research.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
15 Jan 2025
Answer
21 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent neglect of monkeys used for medical research.

  2. 15 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) provides protections for animals in the UK used in scientific procedures. All establishments licensed to breed or supply animals, or to carry out regulated procedures on animals, in Great Britain under A...

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