HC Deb 04 December 1979 vol 975 cc101-2W
Mr. Emery

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many experiments on live animals were testing cosmetics and toiletries;

  1. (2) how many experiments were carried out on live animals for testing substances for use in industry;
  2. (3) how many experiments were carried out on live animals for the testing of pesticides and weed killers.

Mr. Raison

The latest available figures relate to experiments commenced in 1978 and were published in table 2 of "Statistics of Experiments on Living Animals: Great Britain 1978"—Cmnd. 7628.