THE EARL OF CARNARVONasked the Under Secretary of State for War, Whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's 1477 Government to allow an Exemption of the Horse Tax in respect of the Yeomanry Cavalry during the present year. The Yeomanry Cavalry enrolled previously to 1859 were entitled to this exemption; but many had been enrolled during the last twelve months, under the circumstances that had led to the formation of Volunteer Corps, and under these circumstances he hoped to hear that the exemption would be extended to them.
EARL DE GREY AND RIPONsaid, the Government had decided to grant an exemption of the Horse Tax to the Yeomanry in the fullest sense; that was to say, it would embrace both the classes to which the noble Lord had referred. He wished to take that opportunity of stating also that the Act which relieved the Yeomanry from the Horse Tax, applied equally to Mounted Volunteer Corps; and that persons belonging to these corps were entitled to be exempted from the tax, if they performed the duty required by the Act of Parliament.