§ Mr. David Steelasked the Minister of State for Defence (1) what work has been done on the development of a stun gun for use by the army for crowd control; and what safety tests have been performed;
(2) what work has been done on the development of anti-personnel nets for use by the army for crowd control; and what safety tests have been performed;
(3) what work has been done in the development of Mace for use by the army for crowd control; and what safety tests have been performed;
(4) what riot control agents other than stun guns, anti-personnel nets, Mace and those agents already in use have been 471W developed or are under development for use by the army for crowd control; and what safety tests have been performed on each of them.
§ Mr. Ian GilmourA number of safety and other tests have been carried out on a wide variety of different riot control equipments. It would not be appropriate to give details of equipments at present under consideration.