Early day motion · EDM 1704 · 25 Jul 2006

USE OF PRIMATES IN SCIENTIFIC PROCEDURES

Tabled by Dr Evan Harris (Liberal Democrat) 18 signatures

The motion

leave out from `setting' to end and add `calls for the ban on the use of great apes to be extended to all primates when suitable alternatives become available, but recognises in the meantime that UK animal welfare standards are high, that primate research is only licensed when there is no alternative and that insights into diseases such as HIV/AIDS, TB and Parkinson's disease are crucially dependent on primate models.'.

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