Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 37698

Animal Experiments: Chemicals

Tabled: 12 March 2025

Answered: 23 April 2025

Question

Ruth Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent duplication of animal tests under UK REACH where data has already been submitted under EU REACH.

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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