Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 37696
Animal Experiments: Chemicals
Tabled: 12 March 2025
Answered: 23 April 2025
Named DayQuestion
Ruth Jones
Labour — Newport West and Islwyn
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the transparency of the UK REACH framework in relation to the generation of new data.
Answer
Emma HardyAnimal 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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