Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 18685
Animal Experiments: Research
Tabled: 14 July 2026
Answered: 17 July 2026
Question
Dan Carden
Labour — Liverpool Walton
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of adopting the legislative framework championed by Animal Free Research UK known as Herbie's Law.
Answer
Kanishka NarayanThe Government has assessed that the UK’s existing legal framework already requires animals to be used in science only where no validated alternative exists. Through the Replacing Animals in Science strategy, we are accelerating the development, validatio...
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