HC Deb 12 November 1990 vol 180 cc38-9W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to achieve a reduction in the number of experiments under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Rumbold

As figure 5 of the "Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, Great Britain 1989" (Cm. 1152)—a copy of which is in the Library—shows, the number of experiments on living animals declined steadily for 10 years or more and has continued to do so since 1987, when the strict controls of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 came into force.

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