§ MR. BELLAIRSI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state how many tons of new cordite Kynoch, Limited, refuse to take back; whether all this cordite has been found to contain mercuric chloride; and whether any inconvenience is caused through the quantity of rejected cordite now occupying magazine space.
§ MR. HALDANEThis firm refuse to take back seventy-three tons of cordite, all of which is found to contain mercuric chloride. As far as Army magazines are concerned, no inconvenience as regards storage has been experienced up to the present. Litigation is pending on the subject.
§ LORD R. CECILIs the cordite containing mercuric chloride stored in the ordinary magazines, where, if it exploded, it would do harm?
§ MR. HALDANEasked for notice of the Question.
§ MR. BELLAIRSAre the magazines for naval ammunition still in the right hon. Gentleman's charge?
§ MR. HALDANEasked for notice of the Question.