Household Products

EDM number 1215 in 2007-08, proposed by David Drew on 18/03/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Animal experiments, Animal welfare, Animals and Manufacturing industries.

That this House notes the Government's 1997 policy prohibition on the use of animals to test the safety of cosmetic products and their ingredients, which was said to have been introduced on the basis that the suffering caused was not justified given the nature of the product; notes with regret that the Government has not implemented a similar prohibition on the use of animals to test household products, such as washing-up liquid or floor cleaners, and their ingredients; supports the campaign of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection to end the suffering of animals in tests for household products and their ingredients; and calls on the Government to implement a policy prohibition on issuing licences to test household products and their ingredients on animals as a matter of urgency.

This motion has been signed by a total of 220 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.