§ MR. M'DERMOTT (Kilkenny, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his attention has been called to the circumstances attending the recent death of William 592 Wynberg Dodd, at Hammersmith, caused by a shot from a revolver, the property of a private in the Medical Staff Corps, who recently returned from South Africa; and whether he will take any steps to carry out the recommendation of the coroner's jury as to the sale, care, and use of firearms, so as to prevent accidents resulting from returned soldiers and other persons unacquainted with the use of firearms having them in their possession.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. RITCHIE,) CroydonTo carry out the recommendation referred to would, even if it were practicable, require legislation, and, as my right hon. friend has said several times already this session, it is not possible to promise that.