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Gill Langley is scientific consultant to the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) and the Dr. Hadwen Trust for Humane Research. She is a former member of the British government's Animal Procedures Committee, and a current member of the Replacement Advisory Group of the British National Centre for the Three Rs.

Education

Langley studied physiology, cell biology and zoology for her bachelor's degree at Cambridge University, then gained her Ph.D in neurochemistry, also from Cambridge. She took up a position as a research fellow at Nottingham University, specializing in neurophysiology in cell culture.

Involvement in animal protection

Langley is the author of "Next of Kin," a report on the use of primates in experiments, which has a foreword by primatologist Jane Goodall. The report was commissioned by the British Union of the Abolition of Vivisection and the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments.

She was called as an expert witness in 2001 by the House of Lords Select Committee on Animals In Scientific Procedures during its inquiry into animal experimentation in the UK, and was a member of the panel of an April 2006 debate at the Oxford Union, organized by the pro-testing lobby group Pro-Test, on whether "This house would not test on animals." Opposing the motion were Laurie Pycroft, who founded Pro-Test, Sir Colin Blakemore, Professor John Stein and Professor Lord Robert Winston. Supporting the motion, along with Langley, were Dr Andrew Knight, Uri Geller and BUAV campaigns director Alistair Currie. The motion was defeated by 273 to 48.

Notes

1. "Examination of Witnesses (Questions 382-399)", Select Committee on Animals In Scientific Procedures, United Kingdom Parliament, retrieved July 15, 2006.
2. Alistair Currie's speech to the Oxford Union, BUAV, retrieved July 15, 2006.

References

• Langley, Gill. "Next of Kin: A Report on the Use of Primates in Experiments," British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection, June 2006.
• Alistair Currie's speech to the Oxford Union, British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection, retrieved July 15, 2006.
• "Examination of Witnesses (Questions 382-399)", Select Committee on Animals In Scientific Procedures, United Kingdom Parliament, retrieved July 15, 2006.

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