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1136362

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Science: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to support human-relevant science.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	272219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>This Government promotes advances in biomedical science and technologies that include stem cell research, in vitro systems that mimic the function of human organs, imaging and new computer modelling techniques.</p><p>These advances are providing new opportunities to reduce reliance on the use of animals in research. Animals can only be used where there is no practicable alternatives and where the 3Rs (replacement, reduction and refinement) have been fully implemented. There are no plans to legislate for conducting human-relevant science.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/07/2019 15:51:23 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

783223

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of regulated animal procedures conducted in 2016 were funded, or part-funded, by registered charities.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	111373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on the proportion of regulated animal procedures which are funded, or part-funded, by registered charities.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 14/11/2017 15:08:03 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

783221

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, how many project licence applications the Home Office rejected in 2016, 2015 and 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	111372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not keep records of project licence applications that have been rejected or withdrawn at either the concept or the drafting stage of the application process. The Secretary of State has not rejected any of the recommendations for granting project licences made by the Animals in Science Regulation Unit inspectors between 2014 and 2016.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 14/11/2017 14:48:45 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

783224

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce use of live animals in experiments.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	111374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office ensures that animal research and testing is carried out only where no practicable alternative exists, and under controls which keep suffering to the minimum. This is achieved through robustly applying the principles of the 3Rs which require that, in every research proposal, animals are replaced with non-animal alternatives wherever possible; that the number of animals used is reduced to the minimum needed to achieve the results sought; and that, for those animals which must be used, procedures are refined as much as possible to minimise their suffering.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 14/11/2017 14:47:44 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1343579

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to include housing availability in the development of immigration policy.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	27121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes Impact Assessments which analyse the impacts of migration policy changes, including quantified and unquantified costs and benefits.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/07/2021 14:57:55 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1306857

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government's long-term strategy is for phasing out the use of animals in scientific procedures as non-animal technologies are further developed; and if she will publish that strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	178554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>It is too soon to impose a timetable on phasing out the use of animals of animals in those areas of scientific enquiry that are delivering benefits to people, animals and the environment.</p><p>The UK’s rigorous regulatory system requires that no animal testing takes place if there is a validated non-animal alternative that would achieve the scientific outcomes sought. Prior to any work being authorised, project licence proposals for research on animals for which there is no non-animal alternative must comply fully with the principles of the 3Rs: replacement, reduction and refinement.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/04/2021 15:09:56 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1218758

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: China
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to introduce a visa ban on officials from the Peoples Republic of China entering the UK in response to the Chinese Government's policies in relation to human rights in Hong Kong.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	66017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>All those coming to the UK are assessed against the immigration rules and must meet the suitability and eligibility requirements. All UK visa applications are considered on their individual merits.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 07/07/2020 16:14:48 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1199111

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Travel: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, what review mechanisms she will put in place to assess the (a) effectiveness of and (b) need for a 14-day quarantine period for people arriving at UK airports, ports and other points of entry.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	52657
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Public health will always come first. The government will carefully assess the impact of these measures in preventing transmission of coronavirus in the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The need for the restrictions, and the requirements imposed, will be reviewed in line with social distancing measures, currently every three weeks. The first review will be in w/c 28 June.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will consider factors such as SAGE advice, the domestic and international incidence of Covid-19, the level of infection and transmission, emerging scientific evidence for antibody and other screening methods being appropriate for international travel health measures, economic impact, and initiatives being trialled to secure safe travel.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 09/06/2020 13:31:41 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1695059

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Animal Welfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a fee for a project licence under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 and using the funds generated to (a) support the further development of non-animal methods and (b) improve enforcement of the regulatory framework.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	17872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government charges fees for regulation under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 on a full cost recovery basis. The Government has no plans to introduce a fee for project licences. The Government will shortly increase the current fees to maintain high standards of regulation.</p><p>The Government recently announced that it will double investment, from £10m to £20m per annum, in research to achieve the three Rs (replacement, reduction and refinement) and develop non-animal alternatives. The Government will also publish a plan to accelerate the development, validation and uptake of technologies and methods to reduce reliance on the use of animals in science.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 18/03/2024 15:55:15 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1655838

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Dogs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, with reference to the statistics by the Home Office entitled Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain: 2022, published on 13 July 2023, what assessment she has made of the reasons for which the number of severe experiments on dogs rose from zero to 20 between 2021 and 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	195948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals in Great Britain do not include data on the reasons for changes in the number of procedures carried out year to year.</p><p>The government is committed to the replacement, reduction, and refinement of the use of animals in science.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 11/09/2023 14:52:14 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith