Mr. Dugdaleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the reasons for debarring suitably qualified veterinary surgeons from appointment to inspectorships under the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876; and whether he will now consent to remove the ban on such appointments.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeI would refer the right hon. Gentleman to paragraph 40 of the Report of the Committee on the Pay and Organisation of Civil Service Medical Staffs issued in 1951.