§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many animal experiments for warfare testing purposes his Department has been directly responsible for in the last full year for which figures are available.
§ 64. Mr. Harry BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many animal experiments for warfare testing purposes his Department has been directly responsible for in the last full year for which figures are available.
§ 65. Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many animal experiments for warfare testing purposes his Department has been directly responsible for in the last full year for which figures are available.
§ 93. Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many animal experiments for warfare testing purposes his Department has been directly responsible for in the last full year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. SainsburyThe Ministry of Defence does not conduct experiments for warfare testing purposes with live animals. Live animals are not used in the development or testing of weapons, but only to develop protective measures against attack and to improve the treatment of injuries. The Ministry of Defence complies fully with the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, and the figure recorded under the Act by the Home Office for 1987, the last full year for which figures are available, was 9,200. This represents less than one half of 1 per cent. of all animal experiments conducted in the United Kingdom.