§ Mr. PETOasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions whether, in view of the fact that 1 oz. of lead shot correctly applied will render available for human food from 1 to 8 lb. weight of game, and one small agency under the presidency of Lord Selborne collected for and delivered to the London hospitals for wounded soldiers 25,000 head of game in the seasons of 1915 and 1916, and that grouse, partridges, black game, pheasants, hares, and rabbits will consume human food in the early spring if an adequate number are not shot this autumn, and, in the case of grouse, if not shot, valuable food will be destroyed by grouse disease, he will consider the advisability of withdrawing the Order issued by his Department forbidding the provision of lead for shot?
§ Sir W. EVANSI cannot usefully add anything to the answer given by my right hon. Friend on Monday to the hon. and gallant Member for Bridgwater.