asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now appoint a full-scale inquiry into the scientific and moral justification for the continued use of live animals for research purposes.
No. Two Royal Commissions have already considered the use of living animals in experiments generally.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all the uses to which experiments on live animals are directed other than those which can be shown to have an obvious relevance to the treatment of prevention of disease.
The law requires that every such experiment must be per-
| Date | Estimated population | Arrivals | Departures | |||||
| December 1972 | … | … | … | … | … | 1,957 (census) | — | — |
| December 1973 | … | … | … | … | … | 1,874 | 737 | 847 |
| December 1974 | … | … | … | … | … | 1,897 | 1,084 | 1,213 |
| December 1975 | … | … | … | … | … | 1,905 | 1,301 | 1,303 |
| December 1976 | … | … | … | … | … | 1,903 | 1,161 | 1,189 |
| The figures for 1977 are not yet available. | ||||||||
formed with a view to the advancement by new discovery of physiological knowledge or of knowledge which will be useful for saving or prolonging life or alleviating suffering.