§ SIR BEVAN EDWARDSI beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether anyone has yet been appointed to succeed Mr. Rigby as superintendent of the Small Arms Factory at Enfield, and can he give the reason for this long delay in filling up such an important post; and, can he state who has been in charge of this factory since Mr. Rigby left on the 1st January last?
MR. POWELL-WILLIAMSNo successor to Mr. Rigby has yet been appointed, but a recommendation in the matter will very shortly be put forward. Meanwhile, the supervision of the small Arms Factory has been in the hands of the Director-General of the Ordnance Factories, who, with his assistants, has personally taken charge.