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Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to continue the previous Government’s work on accelerating the (a) development, (b) validation and (c) update of (i) technologies and (ii) methods to reduce reliance on

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Answering body: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled: 6 Sept 2024
Target answer date: 10 Sept 2024
Answer: 16 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

6 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to continue the previous Government’s work on accelerating the (a) development, (b) validation and (c) update of (i) technologies and (ii) methods to reduce reliance on
10 Sept 2024
Target answer date
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16 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Government is committed to supporting the uptake and development of alternative methods to the use of animals in science. The Labour Manifesto includes a commitment to “partner with scientists, industry, and civil society as we work towards the phasin...

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9 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will have discussions with Havering Council on the proposed East Havering Data Centre.

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19 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding from Project Gigabit has been allocated to Romford constituency.

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5G: Romford

19 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much of Romford constituency receives 5G coverage; and when his Department expects that coverage to reach 100% of that constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Infrastructure: Climate Change

26 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he has taken to help protect national infrastructure assets from climate change.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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27 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions his Department has had with regulators on supporting the uptake of human-specific technologies to replace the use of animals in the preclinical testing of new medicines

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Medicine: Research

27 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had recent discussions with his international counterparts on working with international regulatory bodies to promote the uptake of human-specific technologies.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Artificial Intelligence: Employment

5 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an estimate of the number of jobs at risk due to the adoption of artificial intelligence in (a) industries reliant on manual labour and (b) other industries.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Artificial Intelligence: Animal Experiments

7 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to support the (a) development and (b) deployment of artificial intelligence to reduce the use of animals in scientific (i) research and (ii) testing

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Artificial Intelligence: Energy

26 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the level of energy consumption required by artificial intelligence services.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Telecommunications: Contracts

10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will bring forward legislative proposals for a mandatory 14-day cooling off period for telecom contracts.

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Freedom of Expression: Internet

11 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the new false communication offence in the Online Safety Act 2023 from stifling freedom of speech.