§ MR. WEIRI 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 728 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.