COLONEL HERBERT (Monmouthshire, S.)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether the War Office is in negotiation, or has been in negotiation, for the purchase of any lands in the parishes of Monmouth or of Wonastow, in the County of Monmouth, adjoining the Monmouth rifle range.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) Certain negotiations were in progress concerning the acquisition of firing rights over land adjoining this range, but, as no money was available, the matter has dropped.