§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the system introduced on 1 April for the formal training of project licence applicants under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
§ Mr. Charles WardleFrom 1 April 1994 applicants for personal licences will be required to have completed successfully an accredited training programme. In addition to this, from 1 April 1995, those project licence applicants seeking a project licence for the first time will require further pre-licensing training to be acquired from accredited training programmes. Home Office policy on 5W education and training is set out at appendix IV of the "Report of the Animal Procedures Committee for 1992" (Cm 2301).