United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 18685
Animal Experiments: Research
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14 July 2026
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17 July 2026 · Answer
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17 July 2026
Summary
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.
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14 July 2026
Written question
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.
Source: Commons
17 July 2026
Answer
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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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-07-14/18685
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1927578
- uk · wq-1927578 · source updated 17 July 2026