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Animal Testing: Reviews

Asked by Irene CampbellLabourDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 8 July 2025UIN 64911

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the forthcoming roadmap to phase out animal testing include plans to conduct systematic reviews to identify areas of research or disease models to phase out.

Answered by Feryal Clark

The Government is committed to supporting non-animal alternatives and will publish a strategy to support their development, validation and adoption later this year. Any systematic approach for identifying research priorities for new alternative methods will be outlined in the upcoming strategy. Implementation of these ambitions is to be determined in consultation with the life sciences community.

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