§ 4. Colonel DAYasked the Home Secretary how many inspectors are employed by his Department under the Cruelty to Animals Acts; whether an inspector is always present at demonstrations before classes of students, where experiments are performed, under anesthetics upon animals; and if he will state the last occasion on which an animal has been killed on the instructions of the inspector to prevent it suffering prolonged and agonising pain?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe answer to the first paragraph is two; and to the second, no; the last occasion on which an inspector directed an animal to be killed was 25th 31arch, 1926.
§ Colonel DAYCan the right hon. Gentleman say whether it is proposed to increase the number of inspectors?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSNo. I have no reason to suppose that the work under the Act is not properly carried out.
§ Colonel DAYIs it possible, where there are only two inspectors, for one to be present at each one of these experiments?