§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the number of laboratories in the Metropolis at which vivisection is practised, and the number of dogs subjected to experiments at these laboratories during the year 1902.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. AKERS DOUGLAS,) Kent, St. Augustine'sI think I must refer the hon. Member to the annual Return under the Act of 1896 for the year 1902, which will be presented immediately, and will soon, I hope, be issued to Members. This will give him the information he desires except that experiments on cats and dogs are not distinguished in the Reports made to the Secretary of State and embodied in the Return.