§ MR. MARK STEWART (Kirkcudbrightshire)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether there is any truth in a paragraph which has appeared in the newspapers to the effect that the Government will in future require firing rights over 5,000 yards behind the butts 1820 of all rifle ranges; and whether the proposed Metropolitan Rifle Range at Staines, with firing rights over 3,000 yards behind the butts, will be considered safe for the practice of the magazine rifle.
§ * MR. E. STANHOPEThe paragraph is a pure invention, and we have never authorised any statement to be made that at Staines, or anywhere else, firing rights over 5,000 yards behind the targets will be required.