§ DR. SHIPMAN (Northampton)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the statement made by Mr. Bayliss, in his evidence in Bayliss v. Coleridge, that the inspector appointed under the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876, visited University College on an average once a week during the period Mr. Bayliss was conducting his researches and lectures there; whether he will state the exact number of visits paid by the inspector to University College during the year 1902; whether the inspector is officially connected with University College; and how many times the inspector visited each of the other places registered for vivisection in 1902.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Akers-Douglas.) Twelve visits to University College in 1902 were reported by the inspector; but I understand that owing to his constant attendance at the college he was able to pay many visits to the laboratory; and these, when he found 539 nothing special to report, were not included in his return. The Inspector is Professor of Anatomy in University College, London. During 1902 the inspector and the assistant inspector paid 106 visits to the other registered places in England and Scotland, making an average of just under two visits to each place.