Early day motion 66
APPLYING RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS ON ANIMALS TO HUMAN PATIENTS
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- Session: 2017-19
- Date tabled: 27.06.2017
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Primary sponsor:
Hopkins, Kelvin
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Sponsors:
- Cunningham, Jim
- Day, Martyn
- Stephens, Christopher
- Drew, David
- Lucas, Caroline
Total number of signatures: 49
Amesbury, Mike |
Amess, David |
Brown, Alan |
Cadbury, Ruth |
Cameron, Lisa |
Campbell, Ronnie |
Carmichael, Alistair |
Chapman, Douglas |
Clwyd, Ann |
Cooper, Rosie |
Cowan, Ronnie |
Crausby, David |
Crawley, Angela |
Cunningham, Jim |
Davey, Edward |
Day, Martyn |
Dodds, Nigel |
Donaldson, Jeffrey |
Drew, David |
Evans, Chris |
Farrelly, Paul |
Farron, Tim |
Fellows, Marion |
Field, Frank |
George, Ruth |
Godsiff, Roger |
Goldsmith, Zac |
Hobhouse, Wera |
Hopkins, Kelvin |
Jardine, Christine |
Knight, Greg |
Lake, Ben |
Lewis, Clive |
Linden, David |
Lloyd, Stephen |
Lucas, Caroline |
Mann, John |
Marsden, Gordon |
McKinnell, Catherine |
Rashid, Faisal |
Saville Roberts, Liz |
Shannon, Jim |
Sheppard, Tommy |
Stephens, Christopher |
Stone, Jamie |
Swinson, Jo |
Walker, Thelma |
Wilson, Sammy |
Wishart, Pete |
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That this House notes the science-based campaign For Life On Earth which is critical of avoidable experiments on animals; further notes Patients Campaigning For Cures, which opposes animal models on medical grounds; is alarmed that scientific studies reveal that the widespread claimed ability of animals to predict human responses to drugs and disease is demonstrably false; acknowledges that over 90 per cent of drugs which test well in animals harm or otherwise fail humans, and that ignoring this has delayed cures, including penicillin; notes that using animals to model humans also contradicts currently-accepted science, including evolutionary biology and genetics, which supports personalised medical care; further acknowledges the proclamation of the Concordat on Openness on Animal Research to develop communications with the media and the public; and calls for a thorough, properly moderated public scientific debate on the misleading and costly practice of trying to apply results from animal experiments to human patients.