§ MR. KELLY (Camberwell, N.)I wish to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether any inquiry will be held as to the circumstances under which the swords of the 20th Hussars were broken; whether information will be given as to the date at which, and where, the swords were tested; and, whether inquiry will be made as to whether the deaths of any of the men were in consequence of the breaking of the swords?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. GOSCHEN) (St. George's, Hanover Square)The Question was practically answered yesterday by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for War. He stated that a full inquiry would take place.
MR. STAVELEY HILL (Staffordshire, Kingswinford)Will the right hon. Gentleman say whether the Government will be good enough to add to the Report of the result of that inquiry a Paper which has reached us this morning as to the present condition of the bayonets in the British Army?
§ MR. GOSCHENI will report to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for War that the Question has been put. In his absence I do not pledge the Government.