§ Mr. Grovesasked the Home Secretary how many experiments were performed on animals at the War Department experimental ground, Porťon, during the year 1938, and how many on each kind of animal used?
§ Mr. BurginI have been asked to reply. During 1938 the number of experiments performed on animals at Porton was:
Chemical Defence Experiments Experiments on behalf of Medical 205 Research Council 164 Total 369 2117W
Kind of Animals. Chemical Defence Experiments. Medical Research Council Experiments. Total. Rabbits 69 2 71 Guinea Pigs 76 32 108 Cats 1 — 1 Goats 5 — 5 Rats 47 100 147 Horses 7 — 7 Mice — 30 30 205 164 369