Question follow-through · 37697
Animal Experiments: Chemicals
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) stakeholder engagement and (b) public participation in UK REACH processes that involve the generation of new data.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 12 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 23 Apr 2025 · 42 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) stakeholder engagement and (b) public participation in UK REACH processes that involve the generation of new data.
17 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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23 Apr 2025
Answer published
Animal testing of chemical substances is permitted under UK REACH only as a measure of last resort; this principle is reinforced by the Environment Act 2021. The last resort principle underpins the REACH testing proposal procedure. This procedure already ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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