HC Deb 15 May 1930 vol 238 cc2026-7
21. Mr. FREEMAN

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is now in a position to state the number of experiments that were conducted by vivisection during 1929; and, if so, how many were conducted on dogs and how many when inspectors were present in each case?

Mr. CLYNES

I regret that the figures are not yet available.

43. Mr. FREEMAN

asked the Home Secretary whether he will consider the desirability of withholding licences for further experiments on living animals which have been proved over a long perod of time to have failed to reduce the mortality figures, as in the case of cancer?

Mr. CLYNES

The answer is in the negative. Having regard to the amount of suffering and the mortality caused by cancer, I could not take the responsibility of a general refusal to grant licences for experiments bearing on cancer which are recommended by the scientific authorities under the Act.