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Animal Welfare: Departmental Responsibilities

Commons · Question 56784 · Tabled 3 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 11 Jun 2025

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Asked by Sarah Champion

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how responsibility for animal welfare policy is divided between (a) his Department, (b) the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs and (c) the Home Office; and who the lead m

Answer

Answered by Feryal Clark, 11 Jun 2025

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is responsible for technology policy around the development, validation and uptake of alternative testing methods, led by Lord Vallance. The Home Office is responsible for regulation of the use of anim...