§ MR. HUNTsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether, in consequence of the small number of horses kept for hire in some parts of the country, and the difficulty experienced by the County Constabulary in obtaining horses on hire from licensed persons, the Government will consider the propriety of recommending to Parliament to exempt from duty horses hired for Police Service, on the same principle on which an exemption is now allowed by law in the case of horses hired to convey prisoners to Gaol?
MR. PEEL,in reply, said, it was objectionable to multiply exemptions from general laws. Except in a few places the Police had no difficulty in procuring horses from licensed persons, and as those persons paid a heavy duty, it was not desirable to interfere with their trade. The Government, therefore, did not intend to extend the exemption referred to by the hon. Member.