HC Deb 19 November 1990 vol 181 cc11-2W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the membership of the Animal Procedures Committee, indicating which members have previously held licences to conduct animal experiments, and which have previously been or are currently employed by organisations which undertake such experiments.

Mrs. Rumbold

The membership of the Animal Procedures Committee as at 15 November 1990 is as follows:

  • Lord Nathan, MA Hon. LLD (Chairman)
  • Dr. Michael Balls, MA DPhil—Reader in Medical Cell Biology, University of Nottingham; Chairman, Trustees of the Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME).
  • Mr. Edward Bernard, FIAT—Chairman, Serotec Ltd.
  • Professor Margaret Brazier, LLB—Professor of Law, University of Manchester.
  • Professor Barry Bridges, BSc MD—Professor of Histology, Queen's University, Belfast.
  • Dr. Roger Brimblecombe, PhD DSc FRCPath FIBiol— Consultant, Smith Kline and Beecham Laboratories.
  • Dr. Fiona Broughton Pipkin, MA Dphil—Reader in Reproductive Physiology, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham.
  • Mr. Henry Carter, MRCVS—Senior Vice President, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
  • Professor Anthony Dayan, MD FRCP FRCPath FIBiol —Professor of Toxicology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
  • Mr. Roger Ewbank, OBE MVSc FIBiol MRCVS—Director, Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW).
  • Dr. Judith Hampson, BSc PhD—Consultant in animal welfare.
  • Mr. Clive Hollands-Secretary, Committee for the Reform of Animal Experimentation (CRAE).
  • Sir Andrew Huxley, OM FRS—Past President, Royal Society.
  • Dr. Susan Iversen, MA PHd—Director of Behavioural Pharmacology, Merck, Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories.
  • Professor John Ledingham, DM FRCP—Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford.
  • Dr. Brian Newbould, BPharm FPS PhD MCPP—Director, International Research Affairs, ICI Corporate R and T.
  • Professor Onora O'Neill, MA PhD—Professor of Philosophy, University of Essex.
  • Professor Thomas Pilkington, MD FRCP—Emeritus Professor of Medicine, St. George's Hospital Medical School.
  • Professor Lord Soulsby, MA PhD DVSM AM DSc MRCVS—Professor of Animal Pathology, University of Cambridge.
  • Professor Michael Spyer, DSc—Professor of Physiology, Royal Free Hospital Medical School.
  • Professor Peter Venables, BA PhD DSc FBPsS—Emeritus Professor of Psychology, University of York.

For the reasons set out in my reply to a question from the hon. Member on 12 November at columns 37–38, it is our practice not to provide information which could identify those involved in animal procedures.