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  Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [Lords] - New Clause 3 - Report on the Use of Sentient Animals in Animal Experimentation in Government Policy
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require a report, and recommendations, on the adverse effects on the welfare of animals of government policy on experimentation on animals.
  
  @ MP voted no not to require a report, and recommendations, on the adverse effects on the welfare of animals of government policy on experimentation on animals.
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to require a report, and recommendations, on the adverse effects on the welfare of animals of government policy on experimentation on animals.
  
  MPs were considering the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill.[1][2][3]
  
  The proposed new clause rejected by a majority of MPs in this vote was titled: ''Report on the use of sentient animals in animal experimentation in government policy'' and stated:
  
  :(1) The Animal Sentience Committee shall produce a report under section 2 on the adverse effects on the welfare of animals of government policy on experimentation on animals.
  
  :(2) The report shall cover both animal experimentation where alternative (non-animal based) methods of testing exist, and where no alternative exists.
  
  :(3) The report shall coverâ
  
  :(a) medical testing,
  
  :(b) cosmetics testing, and
  
  :(c) weapons testing.
  
  :(4) This report shall include recommendations for future government action under section 2 (3) and (4)
  
  
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/2867 Parliament's webpage on the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0255/210255.pdf Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill, as amended in Committee 10 February 2022], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0219/en/210219en.pdf Explanatory notes to the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill, 14 December 2021], Parliament.uk
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