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...knowledge has helped fuel the newest animal-testing controversy in Cambridgeshire. In May 2002, Prime Minister Tony Blair acknowledged "concerns about public-safety dangers and unlawful protests" at the proposed university primate lab site, then declared: "We cannot have vital work stifled simply because it is controversial." Says Mark Matfield, executive director of the Research Defence Society and the University's expert witness at the appeal hearing: "Cambridge has world-class scientists. They need the facilities for them to work at that level." While the proposed lab has no links with HLS, SHAC is also taking a keen interest...