§ Mr. Clemitsonasked the Secretary of State for Defence for what purposes the experiments on 158 sheep and 2,299 chickens were conducted in 1974 in re-search establishments under the control of his Department.
§ Mr. William RodgersRecords are not kept in such a way as to enable precise information to be given. The main use of the sheep is for wound ballistics work at CDE Porton. The chickens are mainly day-old chicks used for the growth of virus for civil medical institutions.