§ Sir Bernard Braineasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times the Advisory Committee set 450W up under the terms of the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 has met in each of the last 10 years; what major recommendations it has made; who are its members; what their qualifications are; and when they were appointed to the Committee.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe Advisory Committee met once in each of the years 1968, 1972 and 1974, on four occasions in 1975 and on four occasions in 1976. In 1977 the Committee has met twice and a sub-committee twice. They did not meet in 1969, 1970, 1971 or 1973. At their meetings they have considered applications for authority to perform experiments on living animals referred to them by the Secretary of State and have submitted recommendations on these to him. They have also begun a study of the LD50 test.
451WThe Chairman of the Committee is legally qualified; eight of the members are scientifically qualified and four do not have scientific qualifications.
Details of their qualifications and dates of appointment are as follows:
Chairman
- The Rt Hon. Lord Cross of Chelsea, PC, former Lord of Appeal—10th March 1971.
Scientifically qualified
- Dame Frances V. Gardner, DBE, MD, FRCP, MRCS—31st January 1964.
- Sir Francis Avery Jones, CBE, MD, FRCP.—18th October 1972.
- William Neville Mann, Esq, MD, FRCP,—15th September 1972.
- Sir John McMichael, MD, FRCP, FRS—4th November 1968.
- Charles Edward Newman, Esq., CBE, MD, BCh, FRCP, MRCS—30th November 1946.
- Col. P. Storie-Pugh, MBE, MC, TD, DL MA, P
D, FRCVS, C.Chem, MIRC—20th October 1962. - John Wakeley, Esq, C.St.J, MB, BS, FRCS, FACS—1st June 1973.
- D. Innes Williams, Esq, MD, MChir, FRCS—26th March 1975.
Members without scientific qualifications
- Professor The Rev. Canon Gordon Reginald Dunstan—26th March 1975.
- Mrs. Peggy Fenner—26th March 1975.
- Peter Hardy, Esq, MP—26th March 1975.
- Mrs. Mary Warnock—26th March 1975.