Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 18685

Animal Experiments: Research

Tabled: 14 July 2026
Answered: 17 July 2026

Question

Dan Carden

LabourLiverpool 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 Narayan
The 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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