ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS AT PORTON DOWN

Early day motion 1166, tabled 21 November 2000 by Helen Clark (Labour). Signed by 43 members.

That this House urges Her Majesty's Government to immediately ban unnecessary animal experiments at the Ministry of Defence's Chemical Warfare Establishment at Porton Down; is disgusted by the torture and slaughter of pigs subjected to mustard gas and Marmoset monkeys injected with sarin nerve gas; is appalled that these experiments will continue despite admissions by the research scientists involved that they have discovered little of value; congratulates the Sunday People for exposing this barbaric cruelty; and supports that newspaper's campaign to put a stop to it.

Signatures by party: Labour 31, Liberal Democrat 9, Labour/Co-operative 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Unknown 1.