§ MR. S. SMITHI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether 1122 the statement made in the Times of Friday, 31st July, that the Board of Trade has granted a licence to the British Institute of Preventive Medicine to register the institution as a Limited Liability Company, with the omission of the word "limited," is correct; and whether under this licence the members of the institution will be allowed to practise vivisection?
§ *THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Sir M. HICKS BEACH, Bristol, W.)Yes, Sir. I have granted the licence referred to; but the licence does not convey the power to practise vivisection.