§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he has any plans to ban cosmetics that require experimentation on animals.
§ Mr. Howard[pursuant to his reply, 29 January 1986, c. 534]: No. But when the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Bill becomes law, applications for licences to test cosmetics on animals will have to be considered by the independent animal procedures committee. The intention behind this provision is that they will only be granted if the information needed to produce safe cosmetics cannot be obtained without such tests.