HC Deb 02 March 1905 vol 142 c177
CAPTAIN NORTON

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether it was in the knowledge of the Army Council that the Small Arms Factory considered the specifications they were ordered to work on in making the new short rifle most unsatisfactory, and that in consequence the rifle would be no improvement on that now in use.

*MR. ARNOLD-FORSTER

The Answer is in the negative.