USE OF PRIMATES IN EXPERIMENTS

Early day motion 270A1, tabled 27 November 2006 by Evan Harris (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 14 members.

leave out from `the' to end and add `tightly regulated use of non-human primates is currently still a vital and necessary tool in developing new treatments and vaccinations for major human diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease, HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria and that such use of animals cannot yet be completely replaced by alternatives such as functional magnetic resonance imaging, micro-dosing, computer-modelling or tissue cell culture; accepts that UK animal welfare standards are high and that primate research is only licensed when there is no alternative; calls for support for the 3Rs (refinement, reduction and replacement) to improve animal welfare, minimize the number of animals used and find alternatives to animals; and urges the EU institutions and the member states to pay special attention to the use of non-human primates in experiments in the revision process of directive 86/609.'.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 6, Labour 5, Conservative 2, Independent 1.