§ 52. Mr. LUNNasked the President of the Board of Trade what is the total number of armaments of various grades and the value of the same supplied to foreign countries from Great Britain in the years 1931, 1932, 1933, and 1934?
§ Lieut.-Colonel COLVILLEI will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT a statement showing the quantity and value of arms, ammunition and military and naval stores exported from the United Kingdom to foreign countries in the year 1934. Corresponding particulars in respect of the years 1931 to 1933 appear on pages 347 to 355 of Volume III of the Annual Statement of Trade, 1933.
§ Following are the statistics:
| Statement showing the total quantity and declared value of arms and ammunition (except sporting arms and ammunition) and military and naval stores registered as exported from the United Kingdom to foreign countries during the year, 1934. | |||
| Description. | Unit of Quantity. | Quantity. | Declared Value. |
| Ammunition: | £ | ||
| Shot and shell | No. | 58,017 | |
| Cwts. | 6,418 | 150,581 | |
| Metal cartridge cases, other than small arms and ammunition. | No. | 676 | |
| Cwts. | 116 | 570 | |
| Small arms ammunition: | |||
| Military ammunition: | |||
| Loaded cartridges | No. | 16,137,711 | |
| Cwts. | 7,511 | 80,541 | |
| Empty cartridge cases | No. | — | |
| Cwts. | — | — | |
| Fuses and blasting accessories: | |||
| Safety fuse | Coil of 24 ft. | 5,155,978 | |
| Other fuses, tubes, primers, etc | Cwts. | 326 | 10,329 |
| Other accessories (including detonators, cables, etc.). | Cwts. | 563 | 31,942 |
| Propellant powders: | |||
| Cordite and other smokeless propellants | Cwts. | 248 | 5,056 |
| Other descriptions | Cwts. | 274 | 2,227 |
| High explosives: | |||
| Blasting powder | Cwts. | 448 | 1,569 |
| Collodion cotton (nitro-cellulose), dry, including wet collodion cotton if intended for use as an explosive. | Cwts. | 74 | 574 |
| Other sorts: | |||
| Gelatinous | Cwts. | 14,167 | 84,929 |
| Non-gelatinous | Cwts. | 12,914 | 76,916 |
| Rockets and pyrotechnic products | Value | 2405 | |
| Explosives and ammunition, not elsewhere specified. | Value | 108,746 | |
| Arms: | |||
| Ordnance: | |||
| Guns, howitzers, mortars and parts thereof | No. | 33 | |
| Cwts. | 2,597 | 118,793 | |
| Automatic machine and quick firing guns and parts thereof. | No. | 703 | |
| Cwts. | 986 | 167,872 | |
| Gun mountings and carriages and parts thereof. | No. | 8 | |
| Cwts. | 1,207 | 28,982 | |
| Small arms: | |||
| Military rifles and carbines | No. | 2,728 | |
| Cwts. | 220 | 10,475 | |
| Revolvers and pistols (except air pistols) and parts thereof. | No. | 773 | |
| Cwts. | 47 | 2,502 | |
| Other guns, rifles and carbines and air pistols | No. | 849 | |
| Cwts. | 32 | 1,811 | |
| Other parts of guns, rifles, carbines and pistols. | Cwts. | 90 | 5,343 |
| Swords, cutlasses, bayonets and arms of other sorts not firearms. | No. | 1,115 | |
| Cwts. | 19 | 1,001 | |
| Torpedoes and submarine mine appliances | No. | 11 | |
| Cwts. | 703 | 25,012 | |
| Military, naval and ordnance stores and appliances, not elsewhere specified. | Value | 263,076 | |
| Total | Value | — | 1,285,374 |
| NOTE—Exports of exploration, etc, for industrial purpose are included in the above figure. |
§ stop this encouragement to the slaughter beings?
1293§ 53. Mr. LUNNasked the President of the Board of Trade the names of the foreign countries who have purchased arms of one kind or another from Great Britain in the years 1931, 1932, 1933, and 1934?
§ Lieut.-Colonel COLVILLEThe 33 principal foreign countries to which exports of arms and ammunition from this country are consigned are shown on page 355 of Volume III of the Annual Statement of Trade, 1933.