| Heading: |
Shellfish: Animal Experiments |
| Question ID: |
1802551 |
| UIN: |
52156 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-13 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5343 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Joshua Reynolds
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| Asking Member handle: |
JoshReynoldsSL6
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@JoshReynoldsSL6
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the inclusion of decapod crustaceans in the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in the contex |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-22 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4382 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Daniel Zeichner
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| Answering Member handle: |
danielzeichner
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@danielzeichner
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| Answer text: |
The Government is committed to an evidence-based approach to improve welfare standards for decapod crustaceans and cephalopod molluscs, and Defra has commissioned research and will seek expert opinion to inform any future policy decisions. The Secretary o... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |