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Animal Experiments

Commons · Question 128377 · Tabled 20 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 24 Apr 2026

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Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, 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 2025, what pr

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 24 Apr 2026

Where there is no pharmacologically relevant animal species for testing a biological product, the position of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is that there should be no studies done on animals, and in March 2026, the MHRA pu...