Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the findings of her Department's call for evidence entitled Decapods: Call for Evidence, published on 5 July 2023.

The Government is carefully considering the results from the call for evidence regarding the use of decapods in science to inform future policy options. The Home Office will be guided by decisions made under the Animal Welfare Act regarding any consideration as to whether Decapods are regulated under the Animals (Scientific Procures) Act 1986. There are currently no plans to publish the results from the Call for Evidence.