Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 32893
Animal Experiments: Dogs
Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 27 February 2025
Question
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour — Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce and (b) replace the use of dogs in testing required under plant protection product legislation.
Answer
Emma HardyThe UK Government is committed to maintaining a rigorous regulatory system which ensures that animal research and testing is carried out only where no practicable alternatives exist and under controls which keep suffering to a minimum. The GB pesticides r...
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