Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 28 April 2026.
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative, Huntingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods, published on 11 November 2025, what progress he has made in replacing adventitious agent testing in animals.
Zubir Ahmed
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 28 April 2026 to Question 128366.
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