Question follow-through · 26301
Animal Experiments: Dogs
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure rigorous application of section 5(5)(b) of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 during the assessment of project licence applications involving th
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 1 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure rigorous application of section 5(5)(b) of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 during the assessment of project licence applications involving th
3 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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9 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government has interpreted the question as referring to section 5B(3) of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, as the Act does not contain a section 5(5)(b).Before granting a project licence, the Home Office must evaluate the proposed programm...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
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