§ COLONEL LEGGE (St. George's. Hanover Square)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that dogs lost in London are seized by the police and sold by auction; and will be state how often these auctions are held, whether notice of them is sent to owners who have reported the loss of dogs to the police, and to what purpose the money realised by these sales is applied.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Akers Douglas.) I have called for a report from the police on the facts alleged in the case on which the hon. and gallant Member informs me he has based this Question. I will communicate with him further in the matter.
§ MR. WEIRTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to a recent sale by public auction in London of stolen dogs under the order of the Chief Commissioner of Police; will he say whether this order has received his sanction; whether, seeing that the dogs were found in the possession of a man who was convicted for having stolen them, will he say to what purpose the money derived from this sale has been appropriated; and whether he will consider the advisability of directing that all stolen dogs, as well as lost or strayed, which fall into the hands of the Metropolitan Police and remain unclaimed, should be sent to the Dogs' Home at Battersea.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Akers Douglas.) I beg to refer to my answer on a similar Question put by the hon. and gallant Member for St. Georges, Hanover Square, and to promise a further communication.