Question follow-through · 128378
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods, published on 11 November 2025, what pr
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 20 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods, published on 11 November 2025, what pr
22 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2026
Answer published
In line with the Government’s strategy to replace animals in science, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) supports the use of non-animal approaches where they are fit for purpose and accepts that, where a biological product is n...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the Barrow Transformation Fund will be provided by his Department.
Health Data Research Service
21 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the answer of 22 April 2026 to question 125667 on Health Data Research Service, what consent will be sought from patients in order to use their data for research purposes.
Air Ambulance Services: Fuels
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 22 May 2026, to question 1530 on Air Ambulance Services: Fuels, which air ambulance charities has he engaged with regarding fuel resilience.
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