Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 37695

Animal Experiments: Chemicals

Tabled: 12 March 2025

Answered: 17 March 2025

Named Day

Question

Ruth Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of (a) public and (b) civil society engagement on UK REACH testing proposal consultations since 2021.

Answer

Emma Hardy

Animal testing of chemical substances is permitted under UK REACH only as a measure of last resort; this principle is reinforced by the Environment Act 2021. The last resort principle underpins the REACH testing proposal procedure. This procedure already ...

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