HC Deb 23 March 1953 vol 513 cc57-8W
Lieut. - Colonel Bromley - Davenport

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what communications have passed between the Government of Eire and Her Majesty's Government within the past six months in regard

Major Lloyd George

The information is given in the table below.

to the question of eliminating unnecessary hardship and cruelty involved in the export of horses from Eire to Great Britain for food purposes.

Mr. J. Foster

I understand that my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture has been in touch with the authorities of the Irish Republic during the period in question about those aspects of the export of horses from the Irish Republic to this country which are within their sphere of responsibility.