Question follow-through · 24369
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to make the UK as a leader in establishing internationally recognised standards for validating non-animal methods for use in medicines developme
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- Answering body
- Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 7 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to make the UK as a leader in establishing internationally recognised standards for validating non-animal methods for use in medicines developme
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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7 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government is positioning the UK as a global leader in alternative methods by strengthening regulatory confidence, investing in validation infrastructure and supporting the development, validation and uptake of non-animal methods. Through the Replacin...
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