§ MR. MACVEAGHI beg to ask the Secretary of Stats for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the speech delivered at Northampton on Friday by the Duke of Grafton, where his Grace condemned as fearful cruelty the practice prevalent in London and throughout England of docking horses' tails and pulling out the hairs by the roots; and whether he can state if instructions will be issued to the police to prosecute in such cases.
§ MR. AKERS-DOUGLASI have not seen any report of the speech referred to. In the case of cruelty to a horse it is open to anyone to prosecute under the Cruelty to Animals Act 1849. I have no reason to think that any special instructions to the police are necessary.