§ Viscount Lambtonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether racehorses trained by G. R. Owen of Tarporley in Cheshire were sent to race-courses in the United Kingdom with the permission of his Department after there had been an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease on his farm.
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§ Mr. Peart:Before the ban on racing was imposed, the horse, Hunter's Crest, trained by Mr. Owen, was moved to Ascot en 18th November. The racehorse was stabled near to but separately from the farm in question. The affected animals had no contact with the stables or with the gallops. Permission was given for the horse to travel to Ascot after the preliminary disinfection of the farm buildings had been carried out and then only with stringent precautions, under veterinary supervision, to ensure that there could be no risk of spread of disease.