Mr. GREENWOODasked the Home Secretary whether he has granted a certificate under the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876, to Mr. Leonard Hill, under which Mr. Hill performed a number of experiments upon living animals with chlorine gas, as reported in the "British Medical Journal" of the 4th December, 1915; if such experiments were performed in the United Kingdom, where were they performed, what were the terms of such certificate, and who was the person who signed the same as required by the said Act; what were the animals used by Mr. Leonard Hill in these experiments and how many of such animals were so used; and, if more than one kind of animal was used, how many of each kind?
§ Sir JOHN SIMONI have made inquiry, and find that the research described in the article referred to was conducted jointly by Dr. Hill and Dr. Flack, but that all the experiments referred to were performed by Dr. Flack. They were performed in the laboratory of the Medical Research Committee at the London Hospital Medical College, and six were done under licence alone and twelve under Certificate A. Under licence alone six animals were used (five cats and one rabbit), and under Certificate A twelve guinea-pigs. Dr. Flack's Certificate A was given by the President of the Royal Society and the Professor of Physiology, London University.