§ Sir David Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made in the negotiations for an agreed European convention upon the use of animals in research and product testing; and when he expects to be able to introduce legislation on the subject.
§ Mr. RaisonI refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave to the hon. Member for Woolwich, East (Mr. Cartwright) on 21 April.—[Vol. 22, c. 96–97.] The Government intend to improve and modernise the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 when parliamentary time permits and preferably when the outcome of the discussions on the convention is known.