Mr. Dugdaleasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies in which of Her Majesty's territories for which he is responsible there are regulations limiting the practice of experiments on living animals to those licensed by the government of the territory concerned.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd, pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 29th May, 1956; Vol. 553, c. 7], supplied the following information:
(1) Territories in which there are regulations specifically limiting the practice of experiments on living animals to persons licensed to perform them.
Jamaica, Kenya.(2) Territories in which there are at present no specific regulations on this subject.
146WAden, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Honduras, Cyprus, Tonga, the Gambia, Gibraltar, the Gold Coast, the Federation of Malaya, Nigeria (Western Region), Northern Rhodesia, Sarawak, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland Protectorate, Tanganyika, Uganda (legislation under consideration), the Windward Islands (Grenada and St. Lucia).(3) Territories in respect of which information on this subject is not yet available.
Barbados, British Guiana, Brunei, the Falkland Islands, Fiji, Hong Kong, the Leeward Islands, Malta, Mauritius, Nigeria (Eastern and Northern Regions), North Borneo, Nyasa-land, St. Helena, the Seychelles, Trinidad, the Western Pacific, the Windward Islands (Dominica and St. Vincent), Zanzibar.Notes.—(1) Although a number of Colonial Territories have no specific regulations on this subject, in a number of territories it is an offence to cause pain and suffering to any animal in any way.(2) Information on this subject from the territories listed in (3) above will be sent to the right hon. Member as soon as it is available.