§ Miss Fookesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the 12 committees on animal welfare which advise the Home Office and other Government Departments.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe following bodies advise Departments on a wide variety of matters affecting animals:
- Advisory Committee on the Administration of the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876.
- Advisory Committees for England, for Scotland and for Wales of the Nature Conservancy Council.
- Advisory Committee on the Protection of Birds for England and Wales.
- Advisory Committee on the Protection of Birds for Scotland.
- Consultative Panel on Badgers and Tuberculosis.
- Farm Animal Welfare Committee.
- Fisheries Committee.
- Natural Environment Research Council.
- Nature Conservancy Council.
- Red Deer Commission.
- Scientific Authority for Animals.