§ Mr. Grovesasked the Home Secretary why, in view of the fact that licensees under the Act 39 and 40 Vict., c. 77, are required to send to the Home Office within 14 days of the close of each year a written record of their experiments during the year, the annual return of these experiments on living animals is not given to the House until about six months later?
§ Sir S. HoareI am anxious that there shall be no undue delay, but the tabulation of the reports received from the licensees involves a great deal of work, which has to be done when time can be found for it by officers who have other day-to-day work to perform.