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Animal Experiments

Commons · Question 122015 · Tabled 18 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 27 Mar 2026

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Asked by Iqbal Mohamed

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress officials in UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has made on developing target areas of research for alternative methods for animal testing; and whether UKRI has any plans t

Answer

Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 27 Mar 2026

On 11 November 2025 the Government published Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods, which outlines the steps we will take to achieve this. The Labour Manifesto commits to partneri...