Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to accept the recommendation on the use of forced swim tests in studies on anxiety and depression in the report by the Animals in Science Committee entitled Advice on the use of the forced swim test, published on 5 July 2023.

The Home Office welcomes the Animals in Science Committee’s advice on the use of the forced swim test. The report and its recommendations are being carefully considered, and the Home Office will respond in due course.