§ 66. Sir ROBERT NEWMANasked the Home Secretary how many persons during the last 12 months have been sentenced to a term of imprisonment, without the option of a fine, for cruelty to animals under the Protection of Animals Act, 1911?
§ Captain HACKINGThe numbers for the last 12 months are not available. In 2565 1925, 91 persons were sentenced for cruelty to animals to imprisonment without the option of a fine, under one or other of a group of Acts including the Act referred to. The Acts in question are indicated at page 198 of the Criminal Statistics for 1924.
§ Mr. TAYLORWere any of these convictions concerned with people who have practised cruelty to foxes?
§ Captain HACKINGI cannot answer that question.