§ 42. Lieut.-Colonel MOOREasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office the number and value of remounts purchased 177 for the Army during 1932 from the Irish Free State, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and England and Wales; and whether, in view of the recent abolition of the light-horse breeding subsidy, he proposes to make any increase in purchases from the two latter sources during the current year?
§ Mr. COOPERI will, with my hon. and gallant Friend's permission, circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT the figures for which he asks in the first part of the question. As regards the second part, I would refer him to the reply which I gave on 11th July last to my Noble Friend the Member for Roxburgh and Selkirk (Earl of Dalkeith).
§ Lieut.-Colonel MOOREWould the hon. Gentleman say in anticipation of the circularisation of the information that the horses purchased in England and Scotland are equal to the stamp of those previously purchased in Ireland?
§ Mr. COOPERYes, Sir, I think they are.
| Following are the figures: | ||
| Place. | Number of remounts purchased in 1932. | Amount paid. |
| £ | ||
| Irish Free State | 265 | 14,563 |
| Northern Ireland | 456 | 25,006 |
| Scotland | 24 | 1,570 |
| England and Wales | 690 | 45,814 |
| Total | 1,435 | 186,953 |