§ DR. SHIPMAN (Northampton)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many experiments on animals under licence alone, and under Certificate B respectively, have been witnessed by an inspector at any time during the experiment, and during the whole duration of the experiment.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Akers Douglas.) During 1902 eleven experiments, under licence alone, were witnessed by the Inspector, and one under Certificate B. In the case of one (under licence) the whole experiment was witnessed; and with regard to the others the inspector usually remained a considerable time, and on some occasions made more than one visit during the progress of the experiment In the case of the one under Certificate B the inspector also visited the animal next day. Inasmuch as the inspector habitually visits without notice he cannot be sure of arriving at the beginning of an experiment so as to be able to see the whole of it, nor even of finding any experiment in progress. It may be added that the inspector at his visits always sees any animals on which experiments may have been made, and carefully notes their condition.