HC Deb 12 June 1939 vol 348 cc919-20W
Mr. Harvey

asked the Secretary of State for War what arrangements are made to ensure that British Army horses, no longer required for Army service, should not eventually be sold in Continental markets without guarantee against subsequent ill-treatment?

Mr. Hore-Belisha

Horses no longer required for the Army, if passed as fit for sale by public auction, are sold in the open market with a sufficiently high reserve price to make it unprofitable for them to be bought for export.

Sir R. Gower

asked the Secretary of State for War how many British Army horses have been purchased by or on behalf of the German Government during the past two years?

Particulars relating to the various Territorial detachments located in the Greenock area.
Territorial Army Unit. 31st March, 1939. 31st May, 1939.
Establishment. Strength. Establishment. Strength.
Officers. Other Ranks. Officers. Other Ranks. Officers. Other Ranks. Officers. Other Ranks.
77th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (part). 17 224 16 207 36 592 18 430
Renfrew Fortress Companies, Royal Engineers. 9 108 10 127 9 108 11 129
5/6th Battalion, The Argyll and Suther-land Highlanders (part). 9 203 9 261 22 486 9 479

Mr. Hore-Belisha

I regret that this information is not available.

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