§ Lieut.-Colonel Wickhamasked the Postmaster-General what was the dog population of England and Wales at the latest convenient date before the outbreak of war and in 1943?
§ Captain CrookshankThe total number of dogs in England and Wales is not known. The number for which licences were taken out in the year ended 31st March, 1939, was 2,836,649; in the year ended 31st March, 1943, it was 2,455,258.