§ Mr. FREEMANasked the Home Secretary whether he is now in a position to state the number of experiments that were conducted by vivisection during 1929; and, if so, how many were conducted on dogs and cats, and how many when inspectors were present in each case?
§ Mr. CLYNESThe number of experiments performed during 1929 was 403,141. 2,523 experiments were performed on dogs and cats under Certificates E and EE. I presume the last part of the question is intended to refer to the presence of an inspector at the actual operation in the case of those experiments which involve some operative procedure. If so, the answer is 157. The cases, however, in which the experiment involves an operative procedure form only a very small proportion of the whole number, and the inspectors in the course of their visits saw and examined many animals under experiment.