§ Mr. Galeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Government intend to commission any research into ways of improving the accommodation of laboratory animals.
§ Mr. BrittanYes. The Government are paying £30,000 to the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare for a project into improving the caging of laboratory rodents by finding the conditions most suitable for their well-being. The project will take two years to complete and the results will be reported to the Advisory Committee on Animal Experiments. The Government believe that this work will make an important contribution to the welfare of laboratory animals, by helping laboratories to provide the best possible conditions for the animals.