Animal Experiments
Commons · Question 128384 · Tabled 20 Apr 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods, published on 11 November 202
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 27 Apr 2026
The Government is committed to strengthening guidance on adventitious agents testing in due course, as set out in the strategy.The use of animals in science in the UK continues to be regulated under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, which requ...