HC Deb 26 May 1908 vol 189 c934
EARL WINTERTON

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that both the French and German cavalry schools are superior in accommodation and equipment to the cavalry school in this country; and, if so, what steps he proposes to take.

MR. HALDANE

The French and German cavalry schools are old-established institutions intended to train the officers and non-commissioned officers of cavalry in equitation and the various duties of the cavalry arm. These schools are, therefore, naturally superior as regards accommodation and equipment to the English school at Netheravon, which is in its infancy and has to deal with a much smaller cavalry force.

EARL WINTERTON

Does the right hon. Gentleman consider it a satisfactory state of affairs that we should in this matter be so inferior to foreign nations?

[No Answer was returned.]