§ Mr. David PorterTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what recent representations he has had about British and EC regulations to cut the testing of cosmetics on animals; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Leigh[holding answer 22 March 1993]: Since adoption of a common position to ban the testing of ingredients in cosmetics on animals by 1998—subject to a viable alternative—proposed in the sixth Council amendment to directive 76/768/EEC, some 250 letters have been received about ending such testing.