Question follow-through · 61832
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with animal rights charities on phasing out the use of animal testing.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 1 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with animal rights charities on phasing out the use of animal testing.
25 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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1 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to supporting non-animal alternatives and will publish a strategy to support their development, validation and adoption later this year. To facilitate this Minister Vallance hosted a roundtable on 14.05.25 with representatives ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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