§ SIR FREDERICK BANBURY (City of London)To ask the Secretary of State for War what instructions were sent some years ago to the commands abroad not to keep small-arm ammunition beyond a certain time; and what was the period of time then fixed as an age limit for such ammunition.
§ (Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.)Commands abroad were informed that it was considered undesirable to retain small-arm ammunition in store abroad for so longer period than five years, and that a Report was to be furnished of the amount and date of manufacture of all ammunition four years old.