§ CAPTAIN NORTON (Newington, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been directed to the character of the nuts at present in use for fixing the time ring on fuzes which require the use of tools or spanners to fix them, and seeing that the explosion of shells is either hastened or delayed by the nuts allowing the time ring to shift, whether he will consider the advisability of adopting a lock nut which can be fixed by hand and thus insure greater certainty and increased speed.
§ MR. BRODRICKThe question of improved fuzes is under consideration.