Question follow-through · 50285
Animal Experiments: Shellfish
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 2 May 2025 to Question 48655 on Shellfish; Animal Experiments, for what reason her Department is awaiting a decision from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affai
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 6 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 May 2025
- Answer
- 14 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 2 May 2025 to Question 48655 on Shellfish; Animal Experiments, for what reason her Department is awaiting a decision from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affai
8 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 May 2025
Answer published
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is responsible for the Animal Welfare Act 2006 which provides a framework for animal protection and welfare. It is therefore within Defra's expertise to consider if decapods should come under ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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