Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 27 Apr 2026 Animal Testing
"I beg to move,
That this House has considered e-petition 736578 relating to animal testing.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg. I declare an interest as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on phasing out animal experiments in medical research, for which Animal Free …..." Irene Campbell - View Speech
"I agree with both my hon. Friend’s points. It is important that this issue is dealt with sooner rather than later, and I will say more about that later...." Irene Campbell - View Speech
"I fully agree. I think it is really important that younger people take this cause forward. Earlier today, when I went out to speak to representatives from Camp Beagle, I met a young woman—she is 10—who is really keen that we get it moved forward. I thought that was great.
"I thank the hon. Member for his comments, and I agree with everything that he said. I will say a bit more about that later on...." Irene Campbell - View Speech
"I agree with everything my hon. Friend said. I will speak about some of this later on, but I have on occasion met the relevant Minister and we are due to have a meeting soon. At one meeting, I asked specifically that we remove dogs immediately from medical testing. I …..." Irene Campbell - View Speech
"The hon. Member raises an important point; that is not an area that I had considered before, but I absolutely agree. Any of us in this Chamber could go on an afternoon course and tomorrow be injecting people with botox, so his point is valid.
"I absolutely support Herbie’s law and, as I mentioned, the APPG is supported by Animal Free Research, which hopes to implement it. I agree 100% with the hon. Member.
Another extremely cruel test is the forced swim test, for which there are still three licences granted in the UK, lasting …..." Irene Campbell - View Speech
"I thank my hon. Friend for his kind comments. I absolutely support the implementation of Herbie’s law sooner rather than later. I welcome the strategy, and I will say more about it later.
A year ago tomorrow, I led a debate on a very similar petition entitled “Ban immediately the …..." Irene Campbell - View Speech
"I fully agree with everything the hon. Member said. I will go on to say more about that.
The petition refers specifically to dogs, as well as other animals that are used in testing. In 2024, 2.64 million procedures in British laboratories used animals—every minute of every day, five animals …..." Irene Campbell - View Speech