§ Mr. Greg Knightasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what species of great ape are or have been used for the purpose of experimentation in the United Kingdom at any time during the past three years; and for what purpose.
§ Mr. Mellor[pursuant to his reply, 2 April 1985, c. 570]: The information collected centrally does not distinguish between types of primate. I understand, however, that no species of great ape—defined as a chimpanzee, a gorilla or an orang-utan—is currently in use in experimental work at any of the establishments which are the responsibility of my right hon. and learned Friend, and that no experiments involving the use of such species are known to us to have been conducted at such establishments at any time during the past three years.