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Animal Experiments

Commons · Question 126822 · Tabled 13 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 21 Apr 2026

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Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the policy paper entitled Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods, published on 11 November 2

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Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 21 Apr 2026

The strategy aims to improve animal research approval and dissemination mechanisms, to better assess where alternative methods can be used. This work is being taken forward through the commitments set out under the Discovery Research Themes, with activiti...