Mr. CHANCELLORasked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether 659W any portion of the Grant of £1,950 made to the University College, Reading, for dairying research is used for the purpose of animal experimentation in reference to tuberculosis conducted by Dr. Stanhouse Williams; if so, what sum goes for this purpose; whether any further portion of this sum goes to any other kind of experimenting on living animals; and, if so, will he specify the nature of such experiments and the sums used for each kind, respectively?
§ Sir R. WINFREYThe Grant of £1,950 is a "Block" Grant, made on the basis of salaries, cost of apparatus, etc., and is not allocated among particular experiments and researches. The Board are unable, therefore, to give a reply in the terms in which the hon. Member puts his question. If he so desires, however, I will willingly inquire of the college as to whether they are engaged in any experiments on living animals other than may be involved in keeping animals under examination, and what they are, and inform him of the result.