Question follow-through · 95285
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will commit to introducing Herbie's Law.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 27 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 5 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will commit to introducing Herbie's Law.
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Dec 2025
Answer published
The UK’s legal framework already requires that animals are only used in science where no validated alternatives exist, and we are accelerating efforts to develop and adopt these alternatives. The Government’s new strategy sets out a long-term vision for a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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