EXPERIMENTS ON PRIMATES

Early day motion 33, tabled 18 November 2009 by Bob Spink (Independent). Signed by 45 members.

That this House is concerned to note that thousands of primates are used in experiments across Europe each year with almost a third of them undergoing procedures in British laboratories;notes with deep regret that the European Commission refuses to implement a ban on live primate experiments across Europe; further notes that this is contrary to the wishes of 80 per cent. of the population; and therefore calls on the Government to promote strongly a timetabled replacement of all primate experiments in Europe.

Signatures by party: Labour 28, Liberal Democrat 10, Independent 3, DUP 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1, UUP 1.