§ MR. SEDDONTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether borough councils are compelled to keep a section of mounted police, with or without consent of watch committee; if so, does it apply only to towns of a certain size; and whether every town in Lancashire, except St. Helens, has a section of mounted police.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) Local police authorities are not compelled to maintain a section of mounted 962 police. This is a matter for their discretion, but I understand that in most boroughs of any size it is found desirable to make arrangements to have a certain number of mounted men when an occasion arises. I am informed that such arrangements exist in all the Lancashire boroughs except two.