HC Deb 06 August 1942 vol 382 c1188
52. Mr. Vernon Bartlett

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the further drastic reductions in the supply of feeding-stuffs to poultry, he will further curtail the supply of feeding-stuffs to racehorses?

The Minister of Agriculture (Mr. R. S. Hudson)

The supply of feeding-stuffs for racehorses is limited by the number of horses in training for the permitted programme of racing. This season's programme is already very much restricted and it is not proposed to reduce it further.

Mr. Bartlett

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that a great number of people, farmers and poultry keepers, are very seriously disturbed by this arrangement?

Mr. Hudson

The amount of feeding-stuffs consumed by racehorses is, as I have repeatedly stated, quite negligible. If it were distributed among poultry keepers, it would allow one month's balancer ration for one hen for one person out of every 300.

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