Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to make the homing of cats, dogs and other animals no longer required for experimentation a mandatory requirement for laboratories.

There are no legislative proposals to make the homing of cats, dogs and other
animals no longer required for experimentation a mandatory requirement for
laboratories.

European Directive 2010/63/EU, which was implemented in the UK and other Member
States on 1 January 2013, sets out the conditions under which animals may be
re-homed in Article 19. These provisions are reflected in our Guidance on the
Operation of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1983, section 5.21