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Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods, published on

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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
16 Dec 2025
Target answer date
18 Dec 2025
Answer
24 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods, published on

  2. 18 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Government’s new strategy sets out our long-term vision for a world where the use of animals in science is eliminated in all but exceptional circumstances, achieved by creating a research and innovation system that drives the development and validatio...

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