Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prohibit the re-testing on animals of (a) materials, (b) chemicals, (c) foods and (d) drugs already in public use.

The Government has no current plans to assess the potential merits of legislative proposals to prohibit re-testing of products already in public use. Generally, once a product has had its initial approval, no further animal testing would be expected, though some exemptions exist when scientifically necessary.