§ Sir R. GOWERasked the Prime Minister whether he will be prepared to grant facilities for passing the Exportation of Horses Bill into law during the present Session of Parliament?
§ Mr. P. SNOWDENI can only refer the hon. Member to the answer which the Prime Minister gave him on 10th March in reply to a similar question.
§ Sir R. GOWERasked the Minister of Agriculture the number of horses exported from this country to European ports for butchery purposes since 1st March last; at what abattoirs such horses were slaughtered; and by what method?
§ Dr. ADDISONAccording to the information furnished to the Ministry's inspectors at the time of shipment, the number of horses exported from this country to European ports for slaughter from the 1st to the 31st March last (the latest date for which information is available) was 262. All these were shipped to Rotterdam and were presumably slaughtered with the humane killer in accordance with the law in force in Holland. My right hon. Friend has no information as to the abastoirs at which these horses were slaughtered.