Written question asked by Paul Flynn (Labour) on Thursday, 20 November 1997, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 2 December 1997. It was answered by Lord Spellar (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 December 1997 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Ministry of Defence;Defence Evaluation and Research Agency
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many procedures resulting in the deaths of animals carried out (a) at Porton Down and (b) elsewhere in the last five years were undertaken on behalf of (i) other countries and (ii) other EU countries; how many procedures on animals carried out at (a) Porton Down and (b) elsewhere, have resulted in the deaths of (i) rodents, (ii) pigs and (iii) monkeys and apes in each of the last five years; and what estimate he has made of these figures for each of the next five years; and what is his estimate of the numbers of procedures on animals carried out at (a) Porton Down and (b) elsewhere, that will result in the deaths of animals in each of the next 10 years. - Text of letter from John Chisholm of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency. Inc table. (Holding answer 25 November 1997).
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 302 c171-3W; 17618;17619;17617
- Session
- 1997-98
- Subjects
- Death Animals Animal experiments Defence Evaluation and Research Agency Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment Porton Down (Wiltshire)
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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