HC Deb 03 May 1974 vol 872 cc301-2W
Mr. Lomas

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will con- sider setting up a research institute under the auspices of the Medical Research Council or some other authority to inquire into alternative methods of research not involving the use of live animals.

Mr. Gerry Fowler

No. It is unlikely that such an institute could develop successful alternative methods in isolation from other biomedical research centres where the detailed problems of individual experiments are fully understood.