§ Mr. Peter Freemanasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is satisfied that four inspectors are capable of supervising the 1,281,882 simple inoculations and similar experiments as performed on living animals in 1944; if, as no single case was reported of cruelty or unnecessary suffering, he is satisfied that no such case occurred; and will he permit independent impartial observation of these experiments.
§ Mr. EdeInspectors do not, of course, attempt to supervise every inoculation or other experiment performed under the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876, but I am satisfied that they exercise proper general supervision. The Act provides that all registered places shall be visited from time to time by the Inspectors, but I have no power to give authority to others to enter premises where experiments are conducted under the Act.