§ 49. Commander Keransasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will introduce legislation to prevent the stealing of cats for use in laboratories; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BrookeThe Committee of Inquiry which I appointed in May, 1963, to consider the present control over experiments on living animals is examining the question of the supply of animals for experimental purposes. The theft of animals is already an offence under the ordinary laws of larceny.