§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 18 January,Official Report, column 535, what were the terms of the authority granted to Royal Ordnance under section 5(1)(b) of the Firearms Act 1968, with particular reference to the stocking of or trading in any form of electro-shock equipment and to what extent Royal Ordnance has dealt in such equipment in the last 10 years.
§ Mr. MacleanThe specific authority referred to allows Royal Ordnance to possess, purchase, acquire, sell and transfer no more than 100 weapons to which sections 5(1)(a), 5(1)(ab) or 5(1)(b) of the Firearms Act 1968 apply, in the course of their business as registered firearms dealers. The authority makes no reference to electric shock equipment. I have no information about dealings by them in such equipment.