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Lords Chamber
Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) This policy has been welcomed by animal welfare groups, industry and academia. - Speech Link
2: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (XB - Life peer) When we were passing this Act, animal welfare did not come up. - Speech Link
3: Lord Winston (Lab - Life peer) affect animal breeding. - Speech Link
4: None Of course, it is also about animals and animal testing. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Animal Experiments: Medical Research - Mon 16 Jun 2025
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Irene Campbell (Lab - North Ayrshire and Arran) Many may be surprised by that list, but the simple message is that animal experiments are failing patients - Speech Link
2: Irene Campbell (Lab - North Ayrshire and Arran) As I said, this is about phasing out animal experiments in research. - Speech Link
3: Irene Campbell (Lab - North Ayrshire and Arran) In March 2013, a complete marketing ban on all endpoints for animal testing on cosmetics was introduced - Speech Link
4: Irene Campbell (Lab - North Ayrshire and Arran) Friend.It is worth questioning the quality of care for animals used in animal experiments. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Animal Testing - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) of non-animal methods, or NAMs. - Speech Link
2: Caroline Nokes (Con - Romsey and Southampton North) animals in these experiments. - Speech Link
3: Tracey Crouch (Con - Chatham and Aylesford) research and animal welfare. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) - Wed 21 Jun 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Neil Hudson (CON - Penrith and The Border) Gentleman agree that the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022, by creating the Animal Sentience Committee - Speech Link
2: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) Animal welfare will pay the price. - Speech Link
3: Peter Gibson (CON - Darlington) We recognised animal sentience in law. We increased maximum sentences for animal cruelty. - Speech Link
4: Anna Firth (CON - Southend West) We have also introduced the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021, extending animal cruelty sentences - Speech Link
5: Robbie Moore (CON - Keighley) As Members from across the House have said, we are a nation of animal lovers, and animal welfare has - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Commercial Breeding for Laboratories - Mon 16 Jan 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (CON - Carshalton and Wallington) It seems counter-productive, because only a small proportion of animal experiments are conducted to satisfy - Speech Link
2: Alexander Stafford (CON - Rother Valley) The UK used to lead the world in animal testing, banning animal testing for cosmetics some 15 years before - Speech Link
3: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) First, we know that not all animal experiments are conducted for the purposes of medical research; many - Speech Link
4: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) It is nonsensical and indefensible.Our EU partners are moving away from animal experiments. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Tue 22 Nov 2022
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) The supposed Government priorities of environmental action and animal welfare are long past their due - Speech Link
2: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) Many of the animal welfare measures in the last Queen’s Speech were lifted directly from Labour’s animal - Speech Link
3: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) Those issues are not contentious, because there is a commitment to animal welfare across the House. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [Lords]
Report stage - Mon 14 Mar 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Nigel Evans (CON - Ribble Valley) New clause 4—Animal Welfare Strategy—“(1) The Animal Sentience Committee must publish and lay before - Speech Link
2: Roger Gale (CON - North Thanet) animal welfare standards. - Speech Link
3: None animal welfare standards. - Speech Link
4: Carla Lockhart (DUP - Upper Bann) animal welfare standards. - Speech Link
5: Neil Hudson (CON - Penrith and The Border) animal welfare standards. - Speech Link
6: Jim McMahon (LAB - Oldham West and Royton) animal welfare standards. - Speech Link
7: Tim Farron (LDEM - Westmorland and Lonsdale) animal welfare standards. - Speech Link
8: Ruth Jones (LAB - Newport West) animal welfare standards. - Speech Link
9: Neil Hudson (CON - Penrith and The Border) animal welfare standards. - Speech Link
10: Deidre Brock (SNP - Edinburgh North and Leith) animal welfare standards. - Speech Link
11: None Both the Animal Welfare Committee and the Animal Sentience Committee will be affiliates of the animal - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Laboratory Animals: Animal Welfare Act - Mon 07 Feb 2022
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Martyn Day (SNP - Linlithgow and East Falkirk) One called for all animal testing in the UK to be banned and the other for a phasing out of animal experiments - Speech Link
2: Martyn Day (SNP - Linlithgow and East Falkirk) The fact that we know that 90% of animal experiments do not bring any real benefit tells us that we need - Speech Link
3: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) He mentioned the debates on testing cosmetics on animals, on animal sentience and on a whole range of - Speech Link
4: Kit Malthouse (CON - North West Hampshire) Data from animal experiments are fed into computer models that analyse their predictivity and enable - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [Lords]
2nd reading - Tue 18 Jan 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: George Eustice (CON - Camborne and Redruth) That Government then updated the law on animal experiments with the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act - Speech Link
2: Deidre Brock (SNP - Edinburgh North and Leith) animal welfare experts responsible for developing expert recommendations on issues relating to animal - Speech Link
3: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) experiments, and the shadow Secretary of State’s concern about importing lower animal welfare standards - Speech Link
4: Neil Hudson (CON - Penrith and The Border) independence and to make sure that it has strong expertise and experience in animal welfare, animal - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Animal Testing - Mon 25 Oct 2021
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Martyn Day (SNP - Linlithgow and East Falkirk) The second, which calls for a phasing-out of animal experiments, has attracted more than 83,000 signatures - Speech Link
2: Fleur Anderson (LAB - Putney) In fact, there are major scientific problems with animal experiments. - Speech Link
3: Margaret Ferrier (IND - Rutherglen and Hamilton West) tests being available.Ending animal experiments can only be a positive change. - Speech Link
4: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (LAB - Slough) In 1998, animal testing on ingredients exclusively used in cosmetics was banned in our country. - Speech Link