§ MR. GODDARD (Ipswich)On behalf of the hon. Member for Mid Norfolk, I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether the Government is prepared to facilitate the formation and success of rifle clubs by allowing fifty rounds of ammunition per man free, by granting the free use of Government ranges when not required by the Army and Reserve forces, by supplying condemned Lee-Enfield rifles for Morris tube practice, and by issuing Lee-Enfield service rifles in the proportion of one to every ten members without charge to the club.
§ * MR. WYNDHAMThe Government will allow to authorised rifle clubs ammunition at cost price up to 100 rounds per member, and Lee-Enfield rifles at cost price in the proportion of one for every ten members. The question of Morris tube rifles has not been raised by the National Rifle Association, through which the War Office is dealing with these clubs. The question of the terms on which the use of Government ranges can be given is under consideration.