§ Mr. David PorterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he received the first annual report of the Animal Procedures Committee; and when he intends to lay copies of the report before Parliament.
§ Mr. HurdI have now laid before Parliament copies of the report, which is published today by Her Majesty's Stationery Office as House of Commons Paper 36.
This report reflects the significant contribution which the Animal Procedures Committee has made in the first 113W year of operation of the Animal (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. I am sure that it will continue its work for the protection of animals used in experimental or other scientific procedures.
I particularly welcome the report's conclusion that "the emerging system of control will match the high expectations of Parliament and the public".