Question follow-through · 52356
Animal Experiments: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the US National Institutes of Health's new initiative to expand human-based science while reduc
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 14 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 May 2025
- Answer
- 22 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the US National Institutes of Health's new initiative to expand human-based science while reduc
16 May 2025
Target answer date
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22 May 2025
Answer published
The Labour Manifesto includes a commitment to “partner with scientists, industry, and civil society as we work towards the phasing out of animal testing”. The government will publish a strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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