Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 14 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 62 members in total.

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ANIMAL TESTING OF DRUGS

That this House expresses its concerns regarding the safeguarding of public health through data obtained from laboratory animals, particularly in light of large numbers of serious and fatal adverse drug reactions that were not predicted by animal studies; is surprised that the Government has not commissioned or evaluated any formal research on the efficacy of animal experiments, and has no plans to do so; and, in common with 83 per cent. of general practitioners in a recent survey, calls upon the Government to facilitate an independent and transparent scientific evaluation of the use of animals as surrogate humans in drug safety testing and medical research.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

385 

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Animal experiments Drugs Research Testing

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk