All investigations reported in this manuscript conformed to the UK Home Office guidance on the Operation of Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act of 1986; the sample presented formed part of a larger study.
All experiment investigations in this study had the necessary institutional ethical approval and were conducted in accordance with the UK Home Office guidance on the Operation of Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act of 1986.
While the advisory committee will provide guidance on the operation of the CAT, the operating committee will not be obligated to follow its recommendations.
Earlier in November, the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) issued new guidance on the operation of drones, stressing that their operators should alert people before recording them, plan their flights in advance, and always keen their drones in sight.
All mice were maintained in the Biological Services Unit, Barts and The London School of Medicine, and used according to established institutional guidelines under the authority of a UK Home Office project licence (Guidance on the Operation of Animals, Scientific Procedures Act 1986).
Animal work was performed by authorised scientists (holding a personal licence) according to UK Home Office regulations (Guidance on the Operation of Animals, Scientific Procedures, Act 1986) and complying with the directives of the European Union (project licence 70/5882 scrutinised by Queen Mary Ethics Committee first and then approved by the Home Office, on April 2004)".
Speaking before Patel released her statement, the spokeswoman said: "The guidance is clear, there have been no complaints raised with the cabinet secretary or his office on operation of that guidance.
All experimental procedures were carried out in accordance with Home Office regulations as detailed in the Guidance on the Operation of Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
Animal work was performed according to Home Office Regulations (Guidance on the Operation of Animals, Scientific Procedures Act, 1986).
Experiments were performed in accordance with the Guidance on the Operation of Animals (Scientific Procedure) Acts, 1986 (UK).
