HC Deb 02 May 1932 vol 265 c817W
Lieut.-Colonel APPLIN

asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if he will state the number of horses and dogs, respectively, which have been the subject of poison gas experiments in Great Britain during 1930 and during 1931 at Porton, Cambridge, or elsewhere?

Mr. COOPER

Eight horses were used for experimental purposes at the Chemical Defence Experimental Station, Porton, in 1930. Apart from this, no horses or dogs have been used for experiments in connection with chemical defence, either at Porton or Cambridge, during the two years in question.