Question follow-through · 105117

Animal Experiments: Shellfish

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of excluding decapod crustaceans from the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 on the Government's approach to animal sentience.

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 12 Jan 2026
Target answer date: 14 Jan 2026
Answer: 20 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

12 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of excluding decapod crustaceans from the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 on the Government's approach to animal sentience.
14 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022 recognises decapod crustaceans as sentient beings. The Government remains committed to an evidence-based and proportionate approach to setting welfare standards for decapod crustaceans, both for those caught for hum...

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