§ 65. Mr. Awberyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to what degree vivisection has increased in Great Britain during the past 10 years; how many dogs were experimented on, with and without an anaesthetic, in 1955; if he is aware that some national schools in medicine have abolished vivisection of dogs as unnecessary; and if he will take steps to do the same in this country.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeThe number of experiments performed under the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876, increased from rather less than 1½ million in 1946 to just under 2½ million in 1955. In 1955 the number of experiments performed on dogs without anaesthetic was 1,998, and with anaesthetic 1,894. The use of dogs for experiments, within the scope of the Act, is still considered to be essential in this country.