§ Mr. Hugh Jenkinsasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what experiments were carried out on 84,937 living mice at Porton in 1975; and what was the purpose of each experiment;
(2) what experiments were carried out on 7,296 living guinea pigs at Porton in 1975; and what was the purpose of each experiment;
(3) what experiments were carried out on 20 living cats at Porton in 1975; and what was the purpose of each experiment;
540W(4) what experiments were carried out on 800 living chickens at Porton in 1975; and what was the purpose of each experiment;
(5) what experiments were carried out on 1,622 living hamsters at Porton in 1975; and what was the purpose of each experiment;
(6) what experiments were carried out on 44 living pigs at Porton in 1975; and what was the purpose of each experiment;
(7) what experiments were carried out on 452 living monkeys at Porton in 1975; and what was the purpose of each experiment.
(8) what experiments were carried out on 2,451 living rabbits at Porton in 1975; and what was the purpose of each experiment;
(9) what experiments were carried out on 12,418 living rats at Porton in 1975; and what was the purpose of each experiment;
(10) what experiments were carried out on eight living dogs at Porton in 1975; and what was the purpose of each experiment;
(11) what experiments were carried out on 253 living sheep at Porton in 1975; and what was the purpose of each experiment;
(12) what experiments were carried out on 64 other living animals at Porton in 1975; and what was the purpose of each experiment.
§ Dr. GilbertI regret that it would be impossible to provide full details of the experiments giving the use of all the animals listed. While Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 distinguishes between different types of experiment according to whether they are carried out under licence only or require additional certificates, detailed records are not held of the returns made by individual scientists under the separate licence and certificate categories. In those cases in which work is published in the medical and scientific literature, full details are given of the animals used and the experimental procedures involved. Almost all the work at MRE and a substantial proportion of that at CDE involving animal experiments is published openly.