§ Sir JOHN SPEARasked the Under-Secretary of State for War, if, having regard to the objections against rifle-shooting practice on Sundays and the protests the suggestion has aroused, he will consider the desirability of abandoning the proposal to provide rifle practice on Sundays for the Territorial Force?
§ Colonel SEELYIf the hon. Gentleman will refer to the official communication, which has been published, and of which I am sending him a copy, he will see that no new policy with regard to Sunday rifle-shooting has been adopted. The Regulations which have been issued impose definite restrictions confining such practice to the firing necessary for efficiency, to those who wish to fire voluntarily, and to places and occasions where no inconvenience is caused to the inhabitants of the locality. The Army Council see no reason to prohibit the practice of Sunday rifle-shooting so long as the regulations contained in the official communication, to which I have referred^ are observed.