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To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what incentives are available for the researching of alternatives to experimental testing on animals. - Inc figure.

Asked by

John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

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Written questions

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Answered

Date

21 February 2005

Reference

202829; 431 c243W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what incentives are offered by the Government to UK manufacturers who choose not to carry out experimental testing on animals.

Asked by

John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 February 2005

Reference

202831; 430 c1260W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 1st July 2004, 423 c388W on animal experiments, when the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research will take over the budget hitherto allocated to the Centre for Best Practice...

Asked by

Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 July 2004

Reference

183513; 423 c1018-9W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many researchers funded by (a) the Medical Research Council and (b) the Biotechnology and Biological Services Research Councils grants travelled abroad to conduct research on animals in each of the last five years; and if she will make a...

Asked by

Bob Spink (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 July 2004

Reference

181069; 423 c665-6W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the facilities will be for the accommodation and environmental enrichment of non-human primates at Cambridge University's proposed Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience; and if he will make a statement; if he will list the types of research that Cambridge University...

Asked by

Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 April 2003

For answer on

28 April 2003

Answered on

28 April 2003

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what the facilities will be for the accommodation and environmental enrichment of non- human primates at Cambridge University's proposed Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience; and if he will make a statement; [108731] (2) if he will list the types of research that Cambridge University plans to conduct at the proposed Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience; and if he will make a statement; [108733] (3) how the need for the Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience at Cambridge University was decided; whether a cost-benefit analysis was used; and if he will make a statement. [108732] Ms Hewitt: I have been asked to reply. The Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge won an open competition for a share of the £750 million Joint Infrastructure Fund (JIF). 150 bids from across the UK and across a wide range of scientific disciplines were successful. Cost benefit analysis was not part of the review process; rather, all bids to the fund were reviewed by an international panel of experts on the basis of scientific excellence. The Cambridge neuroscience project was judged to be one of the best in the biosciences field. The announcement of the JIF award to the Cambridge project was made in a joint HEFCE-OST-Wellcome Trust press notice on 7 December 1999. For details of this announcement see: http://www.gnn.gov.uk/gnn/ national.nsf The Centre has not yet been built and is still going through the planning programme. Ensuring that both the housing and the environment of the animals is of the highest quality is integral to the planning. The UK also has one of the most stringent regimes in the world for regulating animal research; animals can only be used in scientific procedures licensed by the Home Office under the Animal (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. The care and welfare of animals is closely regulated by this Act and Centres are routinely inspected to ensure that animals are treated humanely. This combination of planning and regulation will ensure that the Centre will operate under conditions providing the highest modern standards of animal welfare. Once complete, the Centre will improve the facilities for outstanding teams of researchers to carry out research into the causes and treatments of mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and neurological disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. Primates are an essential part of the work, as much of what we understand about the human brain derives from primate research. The exact nature of the research will depend on what type of research grants are obtained, but is likely to include non-invasive forms of brain imaging and behavioural testing of functions such as memory.

Date

28 April 2003

Reference

404 c208-9W; 108731;108733;108732

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to publish details of her Department's financial support for Huntingdon Life Sciences; what precedent she intends her support to set; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by

Ian Gibson (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 July 2001

Reference

2322; 371 c621-2W

House

House of Commons

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