MBR Acres is a facility in Huntingdon that breeds beagles for the purposes of animal scientific testing. A number of my constituents have written to me raising serious concerns about the inhumane and cruel treatment to which some of those dogs are subjected. Will the Minister consider meeting me to discuss how some of the measures he has announced might be made applicable to those animals? Will he also consider closing the loophole in the Animal Welfare Act 2006 which says that animals bred for the purposes of scientific testing are exempt from its protection?
Animal Welfare
Proceeding contribution from
Laura Farris
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 25 May 2023.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Animal Welfare.
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2022-23
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2023-10-05 21:06:41 +0100
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