Question follow-through · 51424

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Lethal Dose 50 test on animals.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 12 May 2025
Target answer date: 15 May 2025
Answer: 15 May 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

12 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Lethal Dose 50 test on animals.
15 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 May 2025
Answer published
The UK continues to lead the way in seeking the international adoption of improved test methods that replace, reduce or refine the use of animals in scientific procedures.Some authorised medicines in the UK include quality control tests which require the ...

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