Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 105052
Animal Experiments
Tabled: 12 January 2026
Answered: 21 January 2026
Question
Carla Lockhart
Democratic Unionist Party — Upper Bann
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to take steps to end the use of the lethal dose 50% test (LD50) in animal experiments.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThe Government is committed to supporting the uptake and development of alternative methods to the use of animals in science. The Replacing Animals in Science strategy uses a ‘baskets’ approach to group animal tests according to how ready they are for rep...
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