HC Deb 13 March 1900 vol 80 cc727-8
MR. WEIR

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War if he will state the result of the inquiries which have been instituted into the inaccurate sighting of the Lee-Enfield rifles which were issued to the troops in the early part of the year; and will he say what steps have been taken to ensure satisfactory tests and prevent faulty rifles being again issued, and what officers are now responsible for the testing.

*MR. J. POWELL WILLIAMS (for Mr. Wyndham)

The question has been referred to an expert committee. The officers of the inspection branch of the Army Ordnance Department carry out the testing.