§ Mr. LANE-FOXasked the Under-Secretary of State for War why the issue of horse-rugs to mounted units has been stopped; whether it is the conclusion of the Army Council that horses which are clipped do better through an English winter without rugs; and whether he has any official Reports showing whether the horses of the Army have benefited from this treatment during the recent severe weather?
§ Colonel SEELYI would refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply which I gave to a question put on this subject by the hon. and gallant Gentleman the Member for the Central division of Finsbury on 13th December last.