Laboratory Animals: Animal Welfare Act

I thank the hon. Gentleman for the way that he has approached the debate. He clearly wants to loo...

I thank the hon. Lady for her remarks. The issue is not the general principle but the specifics. ...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard, for what I think is the first ti...

I had not intended to speak in this debate; I came to listen. In the light of some of the comment...

It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Pritchard. I congratulate the many petitioner...

It is a pleasure to serve once again under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I am grateful to the ...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I, too, thank my hon. Friend the...

It is a pleasure to follow the pithy but powerful remarks from the hon. Member for Ochil and Sout...

In my opinion, a key issue is a lack of accountability and oversight at the Home Office. Applicat...

The hon. Member’s intervention raises an interesting question. In Labour circles, animal testing ...

Has the hon. Gentleman ever heard a good argument against using anaesthetics to reduce animals’ p...

If we are to experiment on animals—I concede that, in a small number of circumstances, the techno...

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk (Martyn Day) for his comprehens...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Pritchard. I am grateful for the opportunity t...

It is a pleasure to appear before you, Mr Paisley. I thank the hon. Member for Linlithgow and Eas...

As the Minister will be aware, and as I said in my speech, section 24 of the Animals (Scientific ...

I am not aware of why we have not published the outcome of the consultation. Section 24, however,...

That is a long litany of justification, but perhaps the Minister would address just one specific ...

The hon. Gentleman obviously uses emotive language to describe a practice that, I understand, is ...

And if that was your dog?

Order.

During the debate, a series of claims have been made about dogs being bled or force-fed, and I wo...

I thank the Minister for giving way; he is being generous with his time. As hon. Members have poi...

There are lots of circumstances in which anaesthetics are administered. Obviously, everybody is u...

Will the Minister give way?

No, I am just drawing to a close.

Finally, I urge hon. Members to recognise that it is poss...

It has been a very good debate. We have heard a range of views, all of which were rooted in anima...