Animal Experiments: Dogs
2026-05-19 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · HL322 · Official question
Question
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 9 February (HL Deb, cols 2-3) on beagles used for testing in life sciences laboratories, what progress they have made on developing a replacement strategy for reducing the u
Answer
The Labour Manifesto commits to working with scientists, industry and civil society to phase out animal testing. The Replacing Animals in Science strategy was published in November 2025 to deliver a cross‑government programme to develop, validate and adop...