Animal Experiments: Chemicals
Commons · Question 37695 · Tabled 12 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Ruth Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of (a) public and (b) civil society engagement on UK REACH testing proposal consultations since 2021.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 17 Mar 2025
Animal testing of chemical substances is permitted under UK REACH only as a measure of last resort; this principle is reinforced by the Environment Act 2021. The last resort principle underpins the REACH testing proposal procedure. This procedure already ...