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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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Answering body: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled: 29 May 2026
Target answer date: 2 Jun 2026
Answer: 8 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

29 May 2026
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 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government is supporting the replacement of animal use in eye irritation through delivery of the Replacing Animals in Science strategy. Validated alternative methods are available and used wherever possible, with animal testing required where sufficie...

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