§ Mr. Hugh Jenkinsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, having regard to the restrictions in the 1876 Act concerning the infliction of pain on animals, he will ensure that experiments to ascertain the effect of pain on animals over a considerable period are forbidden; and whether he will confirm that no such experiments have taken place in this country since 1974.
§ Dr. SummerskillWe are not aware that any such experiment has ever been132W performed under the authority of the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876.