§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the(a) dates of and (b) participants in meetings he has held with the cosmetics industry and researchers to discuss a voluntary ban on cosmetic testing on animals. [13679]
§ Mr. George HowarthThe industry has been consulted through representative groups and by informal means. no meetings have been necessary. My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State will be in a position to make an announcement on Thursday about developments concerning cosmetics testing, the use of great apes in scientific procedures, welfare committees in designated establishments and the composition of the Animal Procedures Committee.