BUAV AND COSMETICS TESTING ON ANIMALS

Early day motion 224, tabled 9 July 1997 by Terry Lewis (Labour). Signed by 61 members.

That this House welcomes the new campaign by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection calling for an end to cosmetic testing on animals; notes that the European Commission has recently postponed the proposed ban on the marketing of animal-tested cosmetics by 1st January 1998; further notes that around 100 companies have already shown that this target was feasible by supporting the BUAV's call to meet that target voluntarily; and therefore calls on the Government to ban the testing of cosmetics on animals in the United Kingdom and to further promote such a ban at EU level.

Signatures by party: Labour 37, Liberal Democrat 14, Conservative 5, Labour/Co-operative 3, UUP 1, Unknown 1.