§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many members of the Animal Procedures Committee(a) have in the past held arid (b) currently hold licences to conduct animal experiments; and if he will list them.
§ Mrs. RumboldUnder section 19(3) of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, at least half the members of the Animal Procedures Committee are persons who neither hold, nor within the previous six years have held, any licence under the Act or under the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 and the current membership of the committee