Question follow-through · 28929
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the use of animals in scientific procedures undertaken to meet regulatory requirements outside the UK and EU.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 21 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the use of animals in scientific procedures undertaken to meet regulatory requirements outside the UK and EU.
14 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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21 Sept 2026
Answer published
We are supporting the development, validation and international acceptance of alternative methods, including through the forthcoming UK Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (UKCVAM), engagement with international regulators and participation i...
Official data retrieved 25 Sept 2026.
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