Written question asked by Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 24 October 1997, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 October 1997. It was answered by Baroness Jowell (Labour) on Monday, 27 October 1997 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many experimental studies at Huntingdon Life Sciences have been invalidated as a result of his Department's investigation; and what was the fate of the animals involved.

Answer: Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many experimental studies at Huntingdon Life Sciences have been invalidated as a result of his Department's investigation; and what was the fate of the animals involved. [12297] Ms Jowell: The United Kingdom's Good Laboratory Practice Monitoring Authority has investigated Huntingdon Life Sciences. The authority decided that five toxicity studies within the dog toxicology unit did not meet good laboratory practice standards. The authority has required the company to notify each study's sponsors accordingly. On completion of the studies, the dogs will be put down humanely in accordance with normal practice.

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