HC Deb 05 August 1971 vol 822 cc458-9W
Mr. Latham

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in how many establishments for which he is responsible animals are used for purposes of experimentation and research; and how many animals were used in those establishments for such purposes in 1970.

Mr. Anthony Stodart

Twenty-six establishments and 40,223 animals.

These figures include establishments at which mammals and birds were used in connection with experiments concerned with animal health, pest control and fishery research. They exclude establishments at which animals and birds were kept and reared for investigations on techniques of husbandry and the development of farming systems; i.e., the Ministry's experimental husbandry farms.