HC Deb 11 July 1946 vol 425 c551
14. Mr. Peter Freeman

asked the Minister of Health how many new discoveries have been made for the treatment of cancer in the last 10 years as the result of experiments on living animals.

Mr. Key

Information of this kind is not obtainable.

Mr. Freeman

Is it not a fact that new discoveries for the cure of cancer, arising from experiments on animals, have been announced publicly almost every few months during the last ten years and in view of the fact that deaths from cancer have steadily increased every year during the last 40 years, will my hon. Friend recommend other methods of investigation than experimenting on living animals to cure this disease?

Mr. Key

Undoubtedly other methods should also be followed, but that does not mean that this method does not result in information which is valuable.

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