§ 54. Mr. GROVESasked the Home Secretary whether he is satisfied that the 745 visits paid to places registered for vivisection by the two inspectors under the Act, 39 and 40 Vic., c. 77, during the year 1931 was a sufficient proportion of visits in relation to the 613,562 experiments performed during that year on living animals to ensure that the protection that the Act purports to give is in fact given?
Mr. STANLEYMy right hon. Friend has no reason to believe that the present 816 system of inspection is not sufficient to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Act.
§ Mr. GROVESDoes the hon. Gentleman himself believe that this proportion of visits is satisfactory?
Mr. STANLEYI think the basis of ratio which the hon. Gentleman has selected really proves nothing. The number of experiments are, of course, counted by each particular time any operation is performed, and in a single case of inoculation, for instance, every time an inoculation is performed that would appear as an experiment.