§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which lethal toxicity tests other than the LD50 are included in the category, acute and sub-acute quantitative whole body lethal toxicity tests, in the 1990 to 1994 statistics on scientific procedures on living animals in Great Britain. [11170]
§ Mr. SackvilleAny tests requiring a quantitative estimate of the lethal dose were included: LD50/LC50 tests, LD10/LC10 tests, fixed dose procedure tests and any other test methods—mainly sub-acute, repeat dose tests—considered to fall within the following definitions
(a) dose ranging or limit setting lethal toxicity tests (including indicator tests);(b) lethal toxicity tests (including tests in which a statistically valid quantitative result was required); and(c) non-lethal clinical sign toxicity tests.