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Correspondence: Advice on the use of the forced swim test: letter from Lord Sharpe

Animals In Science Committee

March 5
00:00 2024

Letter from Lord Sharpe of Epsom responding to the ASC forced swim test report

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Lord Sharpe of Epsom, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Home Office, wrote to the chair of the Animals in Science Committee (ASC).

He accepts the committees advice to:

  • further restrict the use of the forced swim test
  • apply more scrutiny to proposals for its future use

He sets out plans to ultimately ban the test.

Published 5 March 2024

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