§ Major BARNETTasked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been drawn to the recrudescence of the traffic in old and worn-out horses between this country and France; and whether, having regard to the cruelty involved, he will take steps to make the inspection at the ports more stringent?
§ Mr. BUXTONThere has been no recrudescence of the traffic in worn-out horses to France. All horses exported to that country, as to any other European country, are subjected to a uniformly rigid veterinary examination immediately before shipment. The last part of the question does not therefore arise. For his further information, I will send the hon. and gallant Member a copy of a reply which I gave to the hon. and gallant Member for Hallam (Sir F. Sykes) on the same subject on the 23rd instant.