HC Deb 22 January 1953 vol 510 cc54-5W
77. Mr. George Craddock

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now make a statement upon the results of his inquiry into methods of preventing the sale of coshes, stilettos, and other weapons, in view of their use by very young people in the commission of unlawful acts.

Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe

I am not yet in a position to add anything to the statement which I made in reply to a Question by the right hon. Gentleman the Member for South Shields (Mr. Ede) on 19th December.

84. Mr. Janner

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now make a statement on the introduction of a Bill to amend the Firearms Act, 1937, in order to impose a longer prison sentence on persons found carrying firearms or other lethal weapons and to impose more severe penalties for other offences under the Act.

Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe

I am not satisfied that there are sufficient grounds for proposing any amendment of the Firearms Act, 1937. As regards the carrying of offensive weapons generally, I am not yet in a position to add to the reply which I gave to a Question by the right hon. Gentleman the Member for South Shields (Mr. Ede) on 19th December.