§ 12. Sir H. BRITTAINasked the Home Secretary the number of persons convicted under the Protection of Animals Act, 1911, for cruelty to rabbits in rabbit coursing since 1918?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSIt is impossible to give the number, as such offences are not separately given in the Police Returns of Crime, but are returned under the general heading "Cruelty to Animals."
§ Sir H. BRITTAINHas the right hon. Gentleman had brought to his notice the excellencies of the newly-invented electrical hare?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSI do not know that it would be useful for cooking purposes.