§ Mr. FREEMANasked the Secretary of State for War whether there are other laboratories in addition to Porton where experiments on living animals are con- 1102W ducted; and, if so, will he give the number and kind of animals for each place that have been used in each of the last 10 years, together with the numbers that have been killed?
§ Mr. SHAWThe only laboratory other than that at the experimental station, Porton, where experiments on living animals are conducted in connection with chemical warfare is the Physiological Laboratory, Cambridge. The following table shows the number and kind of animals used for such experiments during the years 1927–1930. I regret that records prior to 1927 are not available:
The numbers and kinds of animals used and killed in connection with chemical warfare experiments at the Physiological Laboratory, Cambridge, during the years 1927–30 are as follow:
Year. Animals. Number used. Number Killed. 1927 … Rats … 33 — 1928 … Rabbits … 118 85 Rats … 1 — 1929 … Rabbit … 150 117 Cats … 67 67 Pigeons … 16 2 1930 … Rabbits … 6 6 Cats … 13 13