Landships II

From official record of proceedings in the British Parliament, 29 May 1918 : Commons Sitting:
 

General Sir IVOR PHILIPPS (by Private Notice)
asked the Minister of Munitions whether he can give any explanation as to the delay in introducing the Madsen machine-gun into the British Army; whether he is aware that for the last three years this machine-gun has been admitted by all machine-gun experts to be infinitely superior in every respect to the machine-guns now in use; and whether the only military expert who has opposed the introduction of the Madsen machine-guns is Major-General Sir William Furse, Master-General of the Ordnance.

See Churchill's reply at:

http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1918/may/29/madsen-machine-gun