§ Mr. FREEMANasked the Secretary of State for War whether he has any 1484W evidence showing that poison gas and other experiments on living animals being conducted at Porton throw any light on the effects of such poisons on human beings?
§ Mr. SHAWThe results which have been obtained both during and since the Great War show that experiments on animals at Porton give definite evidence of the mode of action of poison gases on human beings. Indications are also obtained of the curative treatment which should be adopted, and I am advised that the knowledge thus gained resulted in great alleviation of human suffering during the Great War.