HC Deb 13 March 1930 vol 236 c1509W
Lieut.-Colonel MOORE

asked the Minister of Agriculture the number of horses exported for butchery to the Continent during the month of February?

Dr. ADDISON

According to information supplied to the Ministry's inspectors at the ports of shipment, the number of horses exported to the Continent for immediate slaughter during February, 1930, was 307.

Sir R. GOWER

asked the Minister of Agriculture what was the number of horses and ponies exported from this country to European ports for butchery slaughter during the month of November, 1929?

Mr. N. BUXTON

707 horses and ponies were, according to information supplied to the Ministry's inspectors at the ports of shipment, exported from Great Britain to European ports for immediate slaughter during the month of November, 1929.