§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy to extend the code of practice for the housing and care of animals used in scientific procedures to breeding and supplying establishments.
§ Mr. Charles WardleI refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a question from the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, North (Ms. Walley) on 29 October 1992, at column764.
§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy to undertake a review into the necessity of primate use in research and testing.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe Animal Procedures Committee, which has a statutory responsibility under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 to advise the Home Secretary on animal procedures matters, is currently undertaking a review of primate use. We look forward to receiving the advice of the committee in due course.