Correspondence

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

Lord Sharpe replies to the Chair of the Animals in Science Committee, accepting the ASC’s advice on the use of the forced swim test.

• From: Home Office, Animals in Science Committee and Lord Sharpe of Epsom OBE
• Published: 5 March 2024

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

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

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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 committee’s 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