§ Sir R. Glynasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his Department are required to provide licences for persons desiring to export shiploads of working horses, bred and owned in the United Kingdom, to Belgian and other Continental ports; and what are the number of such animals leaving British east coast ports each week.
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§ Mr. H. WilsonThe export of all horses is subject to licence. During the six months ended 31st December, 1948, 62 licences were issued for the export of 2,897 working horses to the Continent, but I cannot say how many of these have been actually exported, since such exports are not separately recorded in the trade returns.