§ Mr. Lomasasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will support the proposal by the International Association against Painful Experiments on Animals that the United Nations should establish a research institute for the purposes of collating information relating to research techniques not involving the use of live animals for experimental purposes and of studying and developing these techniques in order that 191W they be adopted in an increasing degree to replace animals tests.
§ Mr. AmeryI have been asked to reply.
In the present state of research Her Majesty's Government doubt the practical advantages of urging the United Nations to establish an institute of the kind envisaged.
§ Mr. Lomasasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the Government will give consideration to the banning of all tests on live animals which cannot be shown to be essential for the well-being of mankind, such as, for example, those concerned with the testing of cosmetic preparations and colouring agents in food.
Offences Total Sentence Taking and driving away. No insurance … … Borstal training. Theft … … Borstal training. Burglary … … 2 years' imprisonment. Possessing firearm with criminal intent. Attempted robbery … … 3 years' imprisonment. Possessing firearm in suspicious circumstances, and without a certificate 3 years' imprisonment. Aggravated burglary. Assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Taking and driving away. No insurance … … 3 years' imprisonment. Manslaughter … … 4 years' imprisonment. Obtaining goods by deception … … 5 years' imprisonment. Armed robbery. Taking and driving away. No insurance. Possessing firearm with intent … … 5 years' imprisonment. Armed robbery. Taking and driving away. No insurance. Possessing firearm with intent … … 5 years' imprisonment. Assault with intent to rob. Taking and driving away … … 6 years' imprisonment. Theft. Fraudulent conversion. Bigamy … … 6 years' imprisonment. Possessing dangerous drugs. Knowingly concerned in carrying prohibited drugs … … 7 years' imprisonment. Aggravated burglary … … 7 years' imprisonment. Shopbreaking with intent. Shopbreaking and larceny. Possessing explosives. Burglary … … 10 years' imprisonment. Aggravated burglary … … 10 years' imprisonment. Aggravated burglary … … 10 years' imprisonment. Causing explosions. Possessing explosives … … 12 years' imprisonment. Murder … … Life imprisonment. Murder. Robbery … … Life imprisonment.