HC Deb 22 April 1931 vol 251 c969
39. Mr. FREEMAN

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many licences have been granted for experiments at Downe House, Downe, Kent, or any laboratories attached to it; and how many experiments on living animals have already been performed there?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Short)

As Downe House is not registered no licence has been granted for experiments at this place nor have any experiments under the Act been performed there.

Mr. FREEMAN

Is It intended to use these buildings for the purposes of experiments on animals?

Mr. SHORT

I could not say.