Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of animal rights charities on the potential impact on animal welfare of the proposed changes set out in the Animals in Science Regulation Unit’s Change Programme.

The Animals in Science Regulation Unit public engagement framework ensures balanced representation and input. The regulator has engaged in stakeholder meetings with animal rights charities, among others, on four occasions since October 2021. Each of the four meetings were held to specifically describe and discuss the regulator’s change programme.