Question follow-through · 50464
Artificial Intelligence: Animal Experiments
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
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 7 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 16 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 May 2025
Question tabled
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
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 May 2025
Answer published
The Labour Manifesto commits to “partner with scientists, industry, and civil society as we work towards the phasing out of animal testing”. While it is not yet possible to replace all animal use, we support the development and application of approaches t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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