HC Deb 01 May 1969 vol 782 c259W
14. Mr. Raphael Tuck

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation requiring any scientist to obtain a special licence to perform experiments involving cruelty in battery units.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

Any person who wishes to perform an experiment calculated to cause pain to any living vertebrate animal must obtain a licence under the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876.