Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Chris Law (Scottish National Party), on Wednesday, 13 November 2024, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 16 members in total. The primary sponsor has subsequently withdrawn this motion.

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Scientific hearing on animal experiments (No. 3)

That this House applauds the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022, enshrining in law the ability of animals to experience joy and feel suffering and pain; notes the science-based campaign For Life On Earth, with its Beagle Ambassador, rescued laboratory dog Betsy; is shocked to see the continuing harrowing exposés that show thousands of laboratory dogs being intensively bred in the UK, underlining the consequences of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022; further notes that scientists in the wider scientific community, outside of the animal-based research sector, acknowledge the failure of animal testing in the search for human treatments and cures, and that those experts include pharmaceutical industry scientists, an Editor in Chief of the British Medical Journal, the US-based National Cancer Institute, which states cures for cancer have been lost because studies in rodents were believed, and the Food and Drug Administration, which states that nine-out-of-ten new medicines fail to pass human trials because animals cannot predict responses in humans; also notes Doctors Greek and Shanks' Trans-Species Modelling Theory, founded upon the theory of evolution, which explains why animals fail as predictive models of humans; and calls on the Government to mandate a rigorous public scientific hearing, judged by independent experts from the relevant science fields, to cease the funding of the now-proven failed practice of animal experimentation and increase funding for state-of-the-art human-based research, such as human-on-a-chip and gene-based medicine, to prioritise treatments and cures for human patients, and stop the suffering of innocent laboratory dogs and other animals.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

404 

Session

2024-26

Other sponsors

Carla Denyer

Ellie Chowns

Richard Burgon

Siân Berry

Graham Leadbitter

Subjects

Animal welfare Animal experiments

Legislation

Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk