Grahame M. Morris – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Grahame M. Morris on 2014-06-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with B&K Universal Ltd, Yorkshire Evergreen or their associates about their planning application for a facility at Grimston, Yorkshire for the breeding of dogs and other animals for laboratory use in the last 12 months.

Norman Baker

Home Office officials have advised B&K Universal Ltd of the requirements for the proposed facility of European Directive 2010/63/EU, which was implemented in the UK and other Member States on 1 January 2013.

Decisions on planning applications are a matter for the relevant local planning authority.