HC Deb 27 November 1974 vol 882 c455

Mr. Michael Mates, supported by Mr. Eldon Griffiths, Mr. Marcus Kimball, Mr. Jerry Wiggin, Mr. Michael Brotherton, and Mr. William Molloy, presented a Bill to prevent and avoid suffering by and cruelty to horses arising from the shoeing of horses by unskilled persons; to promote the proper shoeing of horses; to promote the training of farriers and shoeing smiths; to provide for the establishment of a Farriers Registration Council to register persons engaged in farriery and the shoeing of horses; to prohibit the shoeing of horses by unqualified persons; and for purposes connected therewith: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday, 24th January and to be printed [Bill 28].