§ 111. Mr. ROWLANDSasked the Home Secretary whether he can now state what was the result of the conference between the War Office and the Admiralty with regard to the possibility of using a non- poisonous dope?
§ Mr. BRACEThe main difficulty in the way of the adoption of the non-poisonous dope is that one of the essential ingredients is not produced commercially in this country at present, and sufficient quantities of it are not available. The conference considered by what methods the supply of the ingredient could be increased, and efforts are being made to arrange for this. The Admiralty experiments to which I referred in my previous answer are proceeding.
§ Mr. ROWLANDSIs it not a fact that the French Government have already prohibited the use of this very dangerous poison?