PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(6 February 2025)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Animals in Science Regulation Unit on animal harm caused by incidents of non-compliance in UK laboratories.

Asked by:
Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative)

In October 2024 I announced, in a written ministerial statement, that the animals in science regulator would be making reforms to its organisational design to most effectively deliver its purpose of protecting animals through maintaining compliance with the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

I am pleased to announce that those reforms are nearly complete. The effect of the changes will be stronger protections for animals; increased adherence to the principles of replacement, reduction, and refinement; an enhanced quality of service for the science sector; and increased assurance to the public of the protections the UK continues to deliver for animals in science.

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