HC Deb 22 June 1910 vol 18 c331
Mr. BURGOYNE

asked what percentage of the cordite supplied to the Navy was made at the Government factory?

Mr. McKENNA

The proportion is not fixed, but it is high. It is undesirable to state the precise percentage.

Mr. BURGOYNE

asked whether any cordite was distributed to the Fleet which had withstood the heat test owing to the presence in its composition of minute quantities of mercuric chloride?

Mr. McKENNA

I have no reason to believe that any such cordite was issued to the Fleet, and every precaution was taken to prevent it.