§ Colonel LOCKWOODasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has received a memorial from the National Canine Defence League, signed by 5,480 persons, protesting against the appointment of Sir John Rose Bradford as a member of the advisory body under the Cruelty to Animals Act of 1876; and whether he proposes to take any action thereon?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative; to the second in the negative. I would refer the hon. Member to the statement which I made on this matter in the course of a debate in this House on 18th March last.