HC Deb 31 May 1967 vol 747 c21W
Mr. Burden

asked the President of the Board of Trade what records are kept of the number and type of animals imported for vivisection purposes.

Mr. Darling

Animals for vivisection purposes are not separately distinguished in the trade statistics. The following is the record of licences issued in 1966 for the importation for research purposes of certain kinds of animals listed in the Schedule to the Animals (Restriction of Importation) Act, 1964. The import licences were not necessarily fully used:

Callithricidae (Primate) … 1,062
Cebidae (Primate) … 1,855
Cercopithecidae (Primate) … 19,389
Lguanidae (Reptile) … 65
Pongidae (Primate) … 2