HC Deb 27 June 1939 vol 349 c240W
Sir E. Makins

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he can give particulars as to the sources of origin of Army remounts obtained during the past 12 months; to what extent, these remounts were of British origin, from the Irish Free State, or from Poland and other foreign countries, respectively?

Mr. Hore-Belisha

A total of 287 horses has been purchased since 1st June, 1938, and, of this number, 96 were bought in Northern Ireland and Eire, and the remainder in England. None of these horses was of foreign breeding.

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