§ 32. Mr. Redmondasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will seek to place an embargo on the import of replica firearms.
§ Mr. CarlisleMy right hon. Friend is urgently considering the whole problem of replica firearms, whether made in this country or imported.
§ Mr. Redmondasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have taken place in the last 12 months for crimes involving the use of replica firearms; and what sentences have been pased.
§ Mr. CarlisleI regret that this information is not available; but in 1971—the latest year for which figures are available—the number of offences recorded as known to the police in which imitation firearms were used as a threat or as a blunt instrument to cause injury or damage was 86.