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Home Office: Departmental Committee on Experiments on Animals: Evidence and Papers

Catalogue reference: HO 269

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HO 269

Minutes, evidence and working papers of the Committee.

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HO 269

Title
Home Office: Departmental Committee on Experiments on Animals: Evidence and Papers
Date

1963-1965

Description

Minutes, evidence and working papers of the Committee.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Departmental Committee on Experiments on Animals, 1963-1965
Physical description

11 files and volumes

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

Administrative / biographical background

The Departmental Committee on Experiments on Animals was appointed on 23 May 1963 by the Home Secretary, Henry Brooke, under the chairmanship of Sir Sydney Littlewood.

The terms of reference were: "To consider the present control over experiments on living animals, and to consider whether, and if so what, changes are desirable in the law or its administration." The Report of the Committee (Cmnd 2641) was published in April 1965.

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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9133/

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Home Office: Departmental Committee on Experiments on Animals: Evidence and Papers