§ Mr. DunnachieTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his Department will list visits made by the animals (scientific procedures) inspectorate to the National Institute for Medical Research at Mill Hill since the enactment of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, with details of all identified breaches of the controls of the Act and the terms and conditions of licences issued thereunder; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. RumboldIn common with all other establishments, the National Institute for Medical Research is visited regularly by inspectors and most of these visits are unannounced. Since the 1986 Act came into force, visits have been made to the institute on 49 days, an average of about once a month.
322WAll infringements are reported to the animal procedures committee, but it is not our practice to make public any details about them. It is also not our practice to give details of the terms and conditions of licences.