§ Sir R. GOWERasked the Home Secretary whether, having regard to the circumstances that the duty is thrown by law upon the police to maintain lost and strayed dogs until such dogs are claimed by their owners or destroyed, he will take steps to satisfy himself that in all police stations throughout the country adequate accommodation exists for the reception of lost and strayed dogs, and that proper arrangements are made for the humane destruction of such dogs as are not claimed by their owners?
§ Mr. CLYNESSpecial attention is being paid to this matter by His Majesty's Inspectors of Constabulary. I think the arrangements are generally satisfactory, and if they are found at any station to be otherwise, any necessary action will be taken.