To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's corporate report, entitled Animals in Science Regulation Unit Annual Report 2024, published in December 2025, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the sanction for the case where the mother was removed from cage and killed, resulting in unweaned pups starving to death; and what steps she is taking to prevent animals dying from starvation in facilities licensed under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (3). [R]
Awaiting response: due for answer by 19 January 2026
To be answered by
Home Office