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Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his planned timetable is for phasing out animal testing.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled: 22 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 24 Jul 2024
Answer: 30 Jul 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

22 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his planned timetable is for phasing out animal testing.
24 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jul 2024
Answer published
The Government has committed to partnering with scientists, industry, and civil society as we work towards the phasing out of animal testing. Discussions on this subject are already underway, but no specific timetable has been published. The Government, v...

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