| Heading: |
Animal Experiments |
| Question ID: |
1796301 |
| UIN: |
47416 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-23 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5122 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Manuela Perteghella
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| Asking Member handle: |
mp4stratford
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@mp4stratford
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of replacing experiments on animals with non-animal methods. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-28 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4822 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Feryal Clark
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| Answering Member handle: |
FeryalClark
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@FeryalClark
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| Answer text: |
The Labour Manifesto commits to “partner with scientists, industry, and civil society as we work towards the phasing out of animal testing”, which is a long-term goal. While it is not yet possible to replace all animal use due to the complexity of biologi... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |