asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many experiments on living animals performed under the Act 39 and 40 Viet., Ch. 77, have been reported to his Department for the years 1943 and 1944.

The total number of experiments performed during the year 1943 was 1,170,412, a large number of which were simple inoculations and similar proceedings, performed either on behalf of official bodies with a view to preservation of the public health, or directly for the diagnosis and treatment of disease in man or animals. I am not yet in a position to state the figure for 1944.