Question follow-through · 18685
Animal Experiments: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of adopting the legislative framework championed by Animal Free Research UK known as Herbie's Law.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 14 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jul 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of adopting the legislative framework championed by Animal Free Research UK known as Herbie's Law.
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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17 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Government has assessed that the UK’s existing legal framework already requires animals to be used in science only where no validated alternative exists. Through the Replacing Animals in Science strategy, we are accelerating the development, validatio...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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