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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what cost/benefit analysis has been conducted regarding animal experimentation. - Inc ref to appendix I of Guidance on the Operation of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (HC321).

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 April 2004

Reference

420 c930W; 165891

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the openness of the (a) regulation and (b) licensing procedures in relation to animal experimentation. - Inc ref to section 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, Lords Select Committee on Animals...

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

31 March 2004

For answer on

27 April 2004

Answered on

27 April 2004

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the openness of the (a) regulation and (b) licensing procedures in relation to animal experimentation. [165893] Caroline Flint: For some time now the Government has taken the view that greater openness and transparency regarding the regulation and use of animals in scientific procedures is desirable, providing it does not jeopardise the safety of individual scientists and their establishments, or their legitimate commercial and intellectual interests. We have undertaken to review all statutory bars to the disclosure of information as part of our commitment to freedom of information, including section 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, the so-called `confidentiality clause'. Section 24 makes the unauthorised disclosure of confidential information relating to the use of animals in scientific procedures by Home Office Ministers and officials, members of the Animal Procedures Committee, and others appointed for specific purposes under the Act, a criminal offence. I hope to announce the outcome of the review of section 24 shortly. Separately, in our response to the report of the House of Lords Select Committee on Animals in Scientific Procedures, published in January 2003 (Cm 5729), we announced plans to publish summary information relating to project licences issued under the 1986 Act as part of the Home Office publication scheme under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Home Office officials are working out the practical arrangements with licensees now and we plan to publish the first summaries in the autumn 2004. At the same time, we have concluded that there would be value in the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Inspectorate publishing an annual report on its work. The Inspectorate's first annual report will also be published in the autumn of 2004. In addition, the Inspectorate has an active outreach and education programme to inform stakeholders about the regulatory system and the Home Office web-site includes a range of material relating to the implementation of the 1986 Act.

Date

27 April 2004

Reference

420 c930-1W; 165893

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the classification of animal experiments is decided. - Inc ref to paragraph 5.42 of the published Home Office Guidance on the Operation of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (HC321).

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 April 2004

Reference

420 c931W; 165894

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions there have been for cruelty to (a) dogs, (b) cats and (c) sheep in (i) the UK and (ii) Sefton in (A) 2001, (B) 2002 and (C) 2003.

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 July 2003

Reference

122316; 408 c637W;408 c635W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government's policy is on the use of animals to provide organs for humans. - Includes ref to Animals (Science Procedures) Act 1986.

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 July 2003

Reference

122334; 408 c353-4W;408 c354-5W

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on recent discussions he has had with the Chinese Government concerning animal welfare.

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 May 2001

Reference

368 c3W; 160074

House

House of Commons

Rep and 3R:Protection of Animals (Amendment) Bill 1999/2000

Protection of Animals (Amendment) Bill. Report stage and third reading debate. Passed.

Lead member

Claire Curtis-Thomas

Answering member

Elliot Morley

Type

Debates on bills

Date

21 July 2000

Reference

354 c710-28

House

House of Commons

2R:Protection of Animals (Amendment) Bill 1999/2000

Protection of Animals (Amendment) Bill. Resumption of adjourned second reading debate of 28 January. Agreed to on question. Committed to a Standing Committee.

Lead member

Claire Curtis-Thomas

Answering member

Elliot Morley

Type

Debates on bills

Date

19 May 2000

Reference

350 c623-41

House

House of Commons

2R adjourned:Protection of Animals (Amendment) Bill 1999/2000

Protection of Animals (Amendment) Bill. Second reading debate. Adjourned. Debate to be resumed 19 May.

Lead member

Claire Curtis-Thomas

Answering member

Elliot Morley

Type

Debates on bills

Date

28 January 2000

Reference

343 c752-4

House

House of Commons

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