§ MR. CORRIE GRANT (Warwickshire, Rugby)To ask the Secretary of State for War why the Rugby School Volunteer Corps are allowed to use the rifle range at Rugby while it has been closed as unsafe to the Rugby Volunteers; and whether, as the Town Volunteers have now to travel twenty-seven miles to Stratford for a range, there is any prospect that a nearer range will be found for them.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster.) The hon. Member has been somewhat misinformed. Instructions have been given that the range should be opened for this year for general practice for the local Volunteers as well as the Rugby School Corps, at 200 yards only, and for practice for those who intend to compete in competitions at Bisley up to 400 yards. Farther permission has been granted to the School team to practice for the Ashburton Shield up to 500 yards. The officer commanding this Volunteer battalion of the Warwickshire Regiment is negotiating for another range.