Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 9 February (HL Deb, cols 2–3) on beagles used for testing in life sciences laboratories, what progress they have made on developing a replacement strategy for reducing the use of dogs in animal testing in line with the Labour Party manifesto of July 2024.

The Labour Manifesto commits to working with scientists, industry and civil society to phase out animal testing. The Replacing Animals in Science strategy was published in November 2025 to deliver a cross‑government programme to develop, validate and adopt alternative methods to reduce the use of protected species across the life sciences. This includes targeted action to reduce the use of dogs in pharmacokinetic and cardiovascular safety studies through validated alternatives. The Government will publish a delivery update, alongside key performance indicators on progress across all elements of the strategy, later in 2026.