Question follow-through · 10222

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 86299 on Animal Experiments, when she plans to publish the Government’s response to the 2014 consultation on Section 24 of the Animals (Sci

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
16 Jun 2026
Target answer date
23 Jun 2026
Answer
23 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 86299 on Animal Experiments, when she plans to publish the Government’s response to the 2014 consultation on Section 24 of the Animals (Sci

  2. 23 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Home Office is reviewing Section 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, including the responses received to the 2014 consultation. The Government remains committed to clarifying the operation of Section 24, taking account of the consultat...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Animal Experiments

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Animal Experiments

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Animal Experiments: Licensing

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Animal Experiments: Licensing

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