HC Deb 25 July 1939 vol 350 c1288W
Mr. Leach

asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the valuable work rendered by Army horses, he will take steps to prevent the sale of those horses no longer fit for active service to manufacturing chemists to be used for the purpose of producing anti-toxin?

Mr. Hore-Belisha

The production of anti-toxic sera is a work of the utmost national importance, and I am advised that cast army animals are, for technical reasons, the most suitable for this purpose, and the process involves no cruelty to the animals.