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<p>The Government continues to actively support and fund the development and dissemination
of the 3Rs (replacement, reduction and refinement) for the use of animals in scientific
procedures. This is achieved through UK Research and Innovation’s funding of the National
Centre for the 3Rs, which works nationally and internationally to drive the uptake
of non-animal technologies, and through research into the development of alternatives
by Innovate UK, the Medical Research Council, and the Biotechnology and Biological
Sciences Research Council.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to the development
of alternatives to using animals in scientific procedures and to avoiding unnecessary
suffering. As laid out in the List of Ministerial responsibilities, I am the Minister
with lead responsibility in this area.</p>
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