HC Deb 28 October 1975 vol 898 c413W
Mr. Body

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why Dr. Blakemore, director of medical studies at Downing College, Cambridge, was given a licence to carry out experiments on the eyes of kittens at the Physiology Laboratory, Cambridge.

Dr. Summerskill

Dr. Blakemore was issued with a licence under the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 because he was suitably qualified. The experiments referred to were authorised by certificates properly given under the Act which we saw no reason to disallow.

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