Written question asked by Henry Smith (Conservative) on Monday, 5 July 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 7 July 2021. It was answered by Victoria Atkins (Conservative) on Monday, 12 July 2021 on behalf of the Home Office.
Primates: Animal Experiments
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans for her Department's policy to only allow non-human primates who are the offspring of those bred in captivity or who are sourced from self-sustaining colonies that do not trap monkeys in the wild to be used in scientific research in line with the EU policy due to be implemented in 2022.
- Answer
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The requirement of EU Directive 2010/63/EU that non-human primates cannot be sourced from the wild for breeding within a self-sustaining colony is already implemented for Marmosets, as stated in the UK legislation.
The UK legislation presently requires that all non-human primates used in research are bred specifically for research, so wild caught animals cannot not be used for procedures.
Establishments that have a licence to breed other primate species must have a strategy in place to increase the proportion of primates bred from primates bred in captivity.
Secondary information
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- 27126
- Session
- 2021-22
- Transferred
- Yes
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- Animal experiments EU law Primates Research Science
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