§ MR. ELLIS GRIFFITH (Anglesey)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury if he will state what is the number of dog licences paid for on behalf of each of the following authorities during the year 1907, viz., Joyce Green Hospital, Dart-ford, Kent; Pontsfall's Farm, Newgate Street, Hatfield, Herts; Brown Institution, Wandsworth Road, London; Conjoint Laboratory of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, Examination Hall, Victoria Embankment, London; Guy's Hospital Medical School, London; London Hospital Medical College, London; London School of Tropical Medicine; Royal Veterinary College, Camden Town, London; University College, Medical and Scientific Departments, London; Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories, Herne Hill; and whether any special inquiries were made at places licensed for vivisection as to the precise number of dogs which they keep, and if this number corresponds with the number of licences issued in respect to each such institution.
(Answered by Mr. Hobhouse.) No separate record is kept of licences taken out for institutions licensed for vivisection but if my hon. friend desires it I could ascertain from the Inland Revenue authorities in the different districts the number of licences taken out for each of the institutions named; but some time must elapse before I could procure the information.