§ Mr. Viantasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the experiment of injecting cultures of bovine 1007W tubercle bacilli into the blood stream of cattle was done under licence and certificate of his Department; and, if so, to whom the licence and certificate were granted.
§ Mr. H. MorrisonI understand that the experiment, to which my hon. Friend refers, relates to a trial as to a reputed cure for bovine tuberculosis which took place last year on a farm near Droitwich, in occupation by the Worcestershire War Agricultural Executive Committee. For this purpose a licence was granted and certificate allowed, under the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876, to a veterinary surgeon, who administered tubercle infection to the cattle under experiment, prior to the reputed therapeutic treatment which was controlled by another licence and certificate under the Act.