MR. R. PENROSE FITZGERALD (Cambridge)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, on whose advice or recommendation a class of animal called the Hackney Stallion has been sent over to improve the breed of horses in Ireland?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURI am informed that before introducing stallions of the Hackney or any other class into Ireland the Congested Districts Board made exhaustive inquiries from very many authorities on horse-breeding as to the best breeds of animals to place in the several congested areas in Ireland. It is undesirable to give the names of these authorities, but I shall be happy to give my right hon. Friend the information privately if he should desire it. I may add that the demand, at much increased prices, for the animals bred under the Board's scheme has, so far, fully justified their choice of horses.
§ CAPTAIN DONELANArising out of that answer, I beg to ask the right Gentleman whether he is aware that the Grand Jury of Cork have passed a resolution disapproving the step taken by the Board?
§ *MR. SPEAKEROrder, Order! That does not arise out of the Question. The practice, when a Question has been asked and answered, of asking the Minister whether he is aware that certain representations have been made by certain persons upon the subject is inadmissible. A question of this kind does not really arise out of the Question on the Paper. If asked at all it ought to be included in the original Question. [Cheers.]
§ CAPTAIN DONELANI only wished to point out that great objection has been taken to the importation of Hackney sires into Ireland.
§ *MR. SPEAKERAs I have said, Questions of this kind are inadmissible. They are really intended, as the observation of the hon. Member shows, as replies to the Answers of Ministers. [Cheers.]