HC Deb 17 November 1930 vol 245 c52W
Mr. FREEMAN

asked the Home Secretary what inquiries are made as to character before licences are issued for performance of experiments an living animals?

Mr. CLYNES

The applicant is interviewed by one of the inspectors, who also obtains information from the head of the laboratory where the applicant proposes to work and makes any other inquiries that he may consider necessary in the particular case. The inspector's inquiry extends both to capacity and character.