§ MR. GUY WILSON (Hull)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether the Small Arms Committee is allowed to discuss any question which as not been directly referred to it by the Master-General of the Ordnance through the Director of Artillery; and, if not, whether he will take steps to give the Small Arms Committee a free hand in carrying out its experiments with high-velocity bullets and ammunition.
(Answered, by Mr. Secretary-Haldane.) The reply is in the negative. It is not practicable to give any Committee a free 1372 hand to carry out experiments which involve expenditure without definite authority and guidance.