Mr. F. GREENasked the Home Secretary whether experiments on the results of gas poisoning are being conducted at Porton, near Salisbury; and, if so, what animals, and in what number, are being used?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSI have been asked to answer the question. The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The animals employed have been rabbits, rats, and goats, and the total numbers used to date are 26, 23, and 2, respectively. The experiments are of the same nature as those carried out with animals in the course of general medical research at universities, hospitals, and other recognised institutions, and they are conducted under the same Statutory safeguards.