HC Deb 10 August 1911 vol 29 c1351
Mr. CHANCELLOR

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visits were paid during 1910 to laboratories registered for experiments on living animals by Dr. Thane and Sir James Russell, respectively; and how many of the 4,939 experiments mentioned in Table IV. A, and how many of the 90,753 experiments mentioned in Table IV. B, were actually witnessed by Dr. Thane and Sir James Russell respectively?

The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Churchill)

During 1910 Dr. Thane paid 153 visits to registered premises and Sir James Russell 141. In addition to these, fifteen visits were paid by Dr. Whitaker, who was appointed as temporary inspector during the absence of Sir James Russell through illness. Of the experiments mentioned in Table IV. A of the Return, Dr. Thane witnessed thirty, and Sir James Russell twenty. Of the experiments in Table IV. B Dr. Thane saw twenty, and Sir James Russell fifty-nine.