§ MR. WEIRTo ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state the cause of the delay in placing the now short rifle in the Tea Room.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) The rifle was handed in to the office of the Sergeant at Arms on May 3rd, and is, I believe, on view in the Cloak Room. The Tea Room was found to afford no con- 1462 venient facilities for an exhibition of the qualities of this weapon.