§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how much public money the Government have invested in the marmoset experiment programme at Cambridge University; and if he will make a statement; [61114]
(2) whether (a) food and (b) water deprivation were part of the experiments carried out on marmosets at Cambridge University; [61116]
(3) how many marmosets have been experimented on at Cambridge University; what the tests were designed to achieve; and how successful the tests were; [61115]
(4) what steps he took to ensure that the marmosets subject to experimentation procedures at Cambridge University were (a) adequately supervised and (b) kept in conditions consistent with their physiological and behavioural needs. [61117]
§ Mr. Bob Ainsworth[holding answer 13 June 2002]: I will write to the hon. Member.