CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
REPORT
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
Existing Controls in the UK, under the Animals
(Scientific Procedures) Act 1986
European Commission's proposed revision of
Directive 86/609/EEC
Rationale for a revised directive
Box 1: Statistical Information about
the Use of Animals in Scientific Procedures
CHAPTER 2: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Severity classifications
Box 2: Extract from July 2009 report
of expert working group on severity classifications
Re-use
Care and accommodation standards
Promotion of the 3Rs
Box 3: National Centre for the 3Rs
CHAPTER 3: USE OF NON-HUMAN PRIMATES IN
RESEARCH
Limitation of use to research into life-threatening
or debilitating conditions
Box 4: Statistical Information about
the Use of Non-Human Primates in Britain
Figure 1: Regulated use of non-human primates
(NHPs) for research and testing in Britain, 1999-2008
Limitation of use to offspring of animals
bred in captivity
Box 5: Supply of F2 macaques: background
information
CHAPTER 4: DATA-SHARING AND AUTHORISATION
Authorisation
UK regulatory environment
Authorisation or notification
Authorisation and competitiveness
Implementationinspection and review
CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Severity classifications
Re-use
Care and accommodation standards
Promotion of the 3Rs
Use of non-human primates in research
Data-sharing
Authorisation
Inspection and review
APPENDIX 1: Sub-Committee D (Environment
and Agriculture)
APPENDIX 2: List of Witnesses
APPENDIX 3: Call for Evidence
APPENDIX 4: Trends in use of animals in
scientific procedures in Britain
NOTE: References in the text of the report are as
follows:
(Q) refers to a question in the oral evidence
(p) refers to a page of written evidence
(para) refers to a paragraph in the report
The Evidence of the Committee is published in Volume II (HL Paper
164-II)
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HL 164-II)
WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HL 164-II)
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