§ Mr. Lomasasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will con- 302W 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 FowlerNo. 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.