asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport why it has been decided still to permit the transport of racehorses by road, seeing that cut flowers have been forbidden?

The transport of cut flowers by road has not been forbidden; it is allowed for short distances to local markets, and occasionally for longer distances as incidental or return loads on vehicles having space not required for essential traffic. Movements of racehorses by road are allowed only for distances not exceeding 50 miles and only to the restricted number of race meetings allowed under the 1943 programme.