§ Mr. CHARLES BATHURSTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture if he will state what defects in the opinion of the Board's veterinary advisers constitute hereditary unsoundness in the horse so as to render such animal unsuitable to breed from for military requirements?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of AGRICULTURE (Sir E. Strachey)In the opinion of our chief veterinary officer the uncertainty surrounding the transmission of defects makes it undesirable to lay down dogmatically what constitutes hereditary unsoundness.
§ Mr. CHARLES BATHURSTIs not this just the sort of information which we might reasonably expect our Department of Agriculture to give full information about?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYNot if it is undesirable to do so.