EC COSMETICS DIRECTIVE

That this House welcomes the recent vote by the European Parliament to amend the proposed Cosmetics Directive with regard to animal testing; notes that these amendments ensure that there is a real possibility of the 1998 target date for ending the use of animals to test cosmetics being met and that any such ban would be comprehensive; urges the Council of Ministers to accept these amendments to its common position; and calls on the United Kingdom Government to support the Parliament's amendments within the Council.