§ SIR HENRY TYLER (Great Yarmouth)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether, having reference to the recent failure of a 43-ton gun, there was any particular fault in that individual gun, or whether there was any exceptional cause for its bursting; and, if not, what steps Her Majesty's Government propose to adopt to prevent guns from being constructed and issued which are not safe or fit to be fired with ordinary service charges?
THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN)&c.) (StirlingI cannot at present say more than that a most careful inquiry will be made into 906 the cause or causes of the failure of the gun referred to.