HC Deb 20 April 1988 vol 131 c464W
Mr. Butler

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services whether any medical research relating to AIDS being undertaken on chimpanzees is financed by the European Community; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Newton

Under its fourth medical and health research programme the European Community contributes to the funding of a breeding colony of chimpanzees in the Netherlands. It is proposed that 20 animals should be used in AIDS research to the end of 1991.