HC Deb 18 June 1906 vol 158 cc1360-1
MR. VINCENT KENNEDY

I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can now state whether the Zulus engaged in the Natal rising are armed with rifles, assegais, etc., supplied by Birmingham firms; and will he say whether these arms were supplied to them in connection with the Boer War.

*MR. CHURCHILL

No, Sir; I have no more information on this subject than when I replied to the hon. Member on the 14th ultimo.†

MR. VINCENT KENNEDY

Will the right hon. Gentleman undertake to investigate any cases of gun running that may be brought under his notice?

*MR. CHURCHILL

Yes, any case of that kind will be rigorously followed up.

MR. BELLOC (Salford, S.)

Have the rifles given to the natives during the Boer War been returned? † See (4) Debates, clvii., 176

*MR. CHURCHILL

asked for notice of the Question.