Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to (a) maintain and (b) enforce the ban on animal testing of cosmetics.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The Government can confirm that the ‘testing’ and ‘manufacturing’ bans of animal testing of cosmetics are maintained and enforced.
Animal testing of cosmetics to permit their marketing for consumer use has been banned in the UK since 1998 and it is illegal to test cosmetic products, or their ingredients, on animals if that testing is to meet the requirements of the Cosmetics Regulations 2009.
Chemicals legislation to protect human health and the environment may require animal testing as a last resort where there are no alternatives under the UK REACH Regulations. However, this does not include finished cosmetic products.
Asked by: Caroline Lucas (Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a response to the open letter from Cruelty Free International and eighty cosmetics industry organisations dated 19 August 2021 asking that no changes are made to the UK ban on cosmetics testing on animals.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
The Government can confirm, there has been no change to, and there is no plan to change, any of the legislation related to regulatory testing using animals in the UK.
Asked by: Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent animal testing for cosmetic (a) products and (b) product ingredients.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
The Home Office is responsible for the operation of the regulatory framework underpinning the Animal (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
The Home Office’s role is to protect the animals used in science by ensuring in so far as possible that relevant bodies and individuals comply with their duties under the ASPA.
The Home Office do this through considering and making decisions on applications for licences for testing, based on the underlying legal requirements, as well as carrying out enforcement activity and compliance assurance activities during the lifetime of a licence, for example through inspections. This includes ensuring that no animal testing is conducted in circumstances where there are practicable alternatives.
Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions has she had with large cosmetic firms in the UK on cosmetic testing on (a) mice, (b) rats and (c) other small animals.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
The Secretary of State for the Home Department has not had recent conversations with cosmetic firms in the United Kingdom.
Mentions:
1: Martyn Day (SNP - Linlithgow and East Falkirk) Although animal welfare is a devolved area that the Scottish Government take seriously, animal cosmetics - 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
Oct. 22 2021
Source Page: Plastics: challenges for the water environmentFound: Primary microplastics from industry and manufacturing, plastic pellets and cosmetics enter the water
Found: E-petition relating to animal testing
Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will maintain the existing ban on animal testing for cosmetics and the sale of newly tested cosmetics ingredients.
Answered by Paul Scully
Animal testing of cosmetics for the purposes of meeting the Cosmetics Regulation has been banned in the United Kingdom since 1998. No animal testing on finished cosmetic products, or ingredients or combinations of ingredients may take place in the United Kingdom. There are no plans to change this position.
Mentions:
1: None Look at the progress in Ireland on gay marriage and abortion law, the experiments run here on local issues - Speech Link
2: Baroness Boycott (CB - Life peer) For instance, Article 358 of the Russian criminal code states:“Massive destruction of the animal or plant - Speech Link
3: None to have no plans for an equivalent process beyond what they have already started with microbeads in cosmetics - Speech Link
4: None intentionally added microplastics, whereas the Government point to the UK ban on microbeads in wash-off cosmetics - Speech Link
5: Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (CON - Life peer) They include: the “no data, no market” principle; the last resort principle on animal testing; the aim - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None The last set of EU statistics on animal experiments showed that more animals were used for testing in - Speech Link
2: None Too often in the past it has been seen as acceptable to test cosmetics on animals. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GRN - Life peer) Millions of animals are still abused every year in experiments that cause great pain and suffering. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) testing and experiments is already the tightest in the world, and researchers complain that they can - Speech Link