HC Deb 17 July 1986 vol 101 cc565-6W
Mr. Ron Davies

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement concerning the reasons for the recent actions of the chairman of the firearms steering group with regard to the possession of part 5 weapons by part I firearms certificate holders.

Mr. Giles Shaw

I understand that the Chief Constable of Merseyside has circulated to other chief officers of police, for their information, a copy of the judgment of the Court of Appeal in the case of Rv Clarke, in which the court dismissed an appeal against conviction under section 5(1)(a) of the Firearms Act 1968.