Member

There was a significant amount of debate about animals and science as a whole. My noble friends Lord Stansgate and Lord Winston, the noble Lords, Lord Trees and Lord Willetts, and the noble Viscount, Lord Camrose, all spoke about animals in science. Again, there have been discussions about whether we should move more quickly on the Government’s objective to close this down. I accept all of that, but I really do not think that is what is before the House today. This is a currently highly regulated legal business, which deals with medical science and tries to bring benefits to society at large. We are not debating whether we should repeal that legality, or whether we should further highly regulate it. What we are asking today is: should protesters have the right to close down activity that this House and the House of Commons have legally approved?