MR. MCKENNAN.) (for Mr. C. E. SHAW, Stafford)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether some of the most modern guns have been removed from their places in the coast defences and sent to South Africa: and if so, what steps have been taken to replace them with others equally or possibly more efficient.
*MR. J. POWELL-WILLIAMSNo modern guns have been removed from their places in defences and sent to South Africa.