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Animals (Experiments)

Volume 867: debated on Friday 18 January 1974

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will support the proposal by the International Association against Painful Experiments on Animals that the United Nations should establish a research institute for the purposes of collating information relating to research techniques not involving the use of live animals for experimental purposes and of studying and developing these techniques in order that they be adopted in an increasing degree to replace animals tests.

I have been asked to reply.In the present state of research Her Majesty's Government doubt the practical advantages of urging the United Nations to establish an institute of the kind envisaged.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the Government will give consideration to the banning of all tests on live animals which cannot be shown to be essential for the well-being of mankind, such as, for example, those concerned with the testing of cosmetic preparations and colouring agents in food.

OffencesTotal Sentence
Taking and driving away. No insuranceBorstal training.
TheftBorstal training.
Burglary2 years' imprisonment.
Possessing firearm with criminal intent. Attempted robbery3 years' imprisonment.
Possessing firearm in suspicious circumstances, and without a certificate3 years' imprisonment.
Aggravated burglary. Assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Taking and driving away. No insurance3 years' imprisonment.
Manslaughter4 years' imprisonment.
Obtaining goods by deception5 years' imprisonment.
Armed robbery. Taking and driving away. No insurance. Possessing firearm with intent5 years' imprisonment.
Armed robbery. Taking and driving away. No insurance. Possessing firearm with intent5 years' imprisonment.
Assault with intent to rob. Taking and driving away6 years' imprisonment.
Theft. Fraudulent conversion. Bigamy6 years' imprisonment.
Possessing dangerous drugs. Knowingly concerned in carrying prohibited drugs7 years' imprisonment.
Aggravated burglary7 years' imprisonment.
Shopbreaking with intent. Shopbreaking and larceny. Possessing explosives. Burglary10 years' imprisonment.
Aggravated burglary10 years' imprisonment.
Aggravated burglary10 years' imprisonment.
Causing explosions. Possessing explosives12 years' imprisonment.
MurderLife imprisonment.
Murder. RobberyLife imprisonment.