§ Sir R. GOWERasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office what was the number of horses, dogs and other animals, respectively, used for poison-gas experiments at Porton, Cambridge, and elsewhere in Great Britain, respectively, during the years 1930, 1931 and the first four months of 1932, respectively?
§ Mr. COOPERThe number of horses, dogs and other animals used for chemical defence experiments at the Chemical Defence Research Establishment, Porton, and the Physiological Laboratory, Cambridge, during the periods referred to was as follows:
in accidents where the motorist as held guilty of negligence and is killed or subsequently dies of injuries, his insurance company can deny all liabilities for the damage caused to a third party; and whether he will take steps to remedy this in a similar manner to the Amendment to the law made by the Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act, 1930?
§ Mr. PYBUSIn the circumstances referred to by my hon. and gallant Friend, no claim on the part of the insured person would ordinarily lie against the insurance company. The legal maxim that a right of personal action ceases on the death of the person against whom it may be brought is of wide application and, although the point was considered when the Road Traffic Bill was before the House, Parliament decided that it would not be right to introduce an exception to this general principle in a particular case such as that of insurance against third party risks.