§ Sir R. GOWERasked the Rome Secretary the number of dogs and other living animals, respectively, which were during the years 1926 and 1927 subjected to poison gas experiments at the War Department experimental station,
378Wa full week which would be obtained by combining the figures columns (1) and (2):—
Porton, Wiltshire, or elsewhere in the United Kingdom under 39 and 40 Vict., cap. 77; and under what certificates and by what licences were such experiments performed?
§ Mr. COOPERI have been asked to reply. No dogs were used for these experiments at Porton or elsewhere. Information regarding experiments on other animals is given in the following table:
Experiments at Porton. — 1926. 1927. Total. Rabbits … 385 86 471 Goats … 3 2 5 Guinea pigs … 193 259 452 Cats … 20 11 31 Monkeys … — 1 1 Mice … 31 26 57 Horses … 12 — 12 The above experiments were carried out under licence alone or under Certificates A.1 and F.1.
Experiments at the Physiological Laboratory, Cambridge. 1926. 1927. 214 28 under Certificates A.1 and E.1. under Certificate A.1.