Oral Answers to Questions — Road Accidents (Animals)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 20 January 1959.

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Photo of Mr Reginald Manningham-Buller Mr Reginald Manningham-Buller , Northamptonshire South 12:00, 20 January 1959

The Question relates to horses straying on the highway, not runaway horses—a very different thing. As regards animals straying on the highway, the common law has been the same for a very long time. I do not know the facts of the cases to which the hon. Gentleman refers, but if they were animals which strayed on to the highway there would, of course, be no liability.