§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the occasions on which the Animal Procedures Committee has met groups or individuals opposed to(a) xenotransplantation and (b) vivisection; and if he will make a statement. [30302]
§ Mr. George HowarthSince May, the Animal Procedures Committee has formally met with representatives of one such group. In January 1998, members of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) made a presentation to the Committee.
In addition, there is a range of opinion on the Committee concerning the use of animals in scientific procedures, including xenotransplantation.