§ Mr. Lomasasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report the total number of experiments performed on live animals in each year from 1970 to the latest available date; and how many of these experiments in each year were for commercial undertakings.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe following is the information recorded:
Year Total no. of experiments Total no. of experiments for or under a grant from commercial undertakings 1970 … … 5,580,876 3,604,211 1971 … … 5,607,435 3,572,079 1972 … … 5,327,123 3,330,466 1973 … … 5,363,641 3,298,008 1974 … … 5,561,211 3,651,744