§ Mr. FOOTasked the Secretary for Mines how many authorised inspectors there are of pit ponies; and if the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is given full facilities to inspect pit ponies and the conditions under which they work?
§ Lieut.-Colonel LANE-FOXI would refer the hon. Member to the replies which I gave to questions on this subject on Monday last to the hon. Members for Pontefract (Mr. T. Smith) and Middlesbrough West (Mr. T. Thomson), and yesterday to the hon. Member for Leicester East (Captain A. Evans).