Alerted by the Guardian diary, I see that my MP, Norman Baker (Lewes, LibDem) on 14 June asked a written question of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to wit, "what restrictions apply to the taking of marmoset monkeys into public places?'
What are those crazy bohemians in Lewes up to with their monkeys? Do they deck gibbons with richly-jewelled collars and walk them down the street on leads? Do mandrills busk on the bridge over the Ouse? Or do troops of macaques wreak havoc with the fruit displays in Bill's and leave without paying for their cappuccinos?

