HC Deb 18 December 1969 vol 793 c371W
9. Mr. Iremonger

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he intends to introduce legislation to implement the recommendations of the Littlewood Report on Experiments on Animals.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

Legislation to replace the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876, will be introduced when opportunity permits. At this stage I cannot say when that may be, or whether new legislation would give precise effect to all the proposals of the Departmental Committee on Experiments on Animals.