asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what proportions of the torpedoes and cordite for the Royal Navy are manufactured at the Royal Naval Torpedo Factory and the Royal Naval Cordite Factory, respectively; whether these factories are capable of suplying all the needs of the Fleet; and whether, as a step towards the abolition of the private manufacture and traffic in arms, he will consider manufacturing all torpedoes and cordite in the Royal factories or, alternatively, of enlarging them so that this can be done?

The whole of the present needs of the Fleet for torpedoes and cordite are met by manufacture at Government factories.