Question follow-through · 28139
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the non-technical summaries of project licences granted in 2025, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of beagles authorised for use in scienti
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- Answering body
- Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
- Tabled
- 8 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 16 Sept 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the non-technical summaries of project licences granted in 2025, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of beagles authorised for use in scienti
10 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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16 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government remains committed to reducing and replacing the use of animals in science, including dogs. Under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 the statutory principles of Replacement, Reduction and Refinement require animals to be used only ...
Official data retrieved 25 Sept 2026.
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Mining and Quarrying: Insolvency
14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many companies with a primary Standard Industrial Classification of 08 (other mining and quarrying) entered insolvency in the United Kingdom in each year since 2018.