Question follow-through · 87353
Animal Experiments: Shellfish
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 to include decapod crustaceans.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 3 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 12 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 to include decapod crustaceans.
5 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to an evidence-based and proportionate approach to setting welfare standards for decapod. This applies both to those caught for human consumption and to those used in scientific research. The Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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