Mr. David Adamsasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that an application for a licence to carry an automatic pistol for self-defence by Mr. W. Aron, B.A., chairman of Eastern Supplies, Limited, Tel Aviv, Palestine, on behalf of his director, Mr. J. W. Goldman, has been refused by the district officer in Tel Aviv; and whether, as Mr. Goldman has resided in Palestine for a years and is well known as a respectable and law-abiding citizen, he will give instructions for the issue of this licence to enable Mr. Goldman to carry means of self-defence when travelling on business in areas where acts of terrorism occur?
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreI have no information with regard to this application, and I am unwilling to interfere with the discretion of the Palestine authorities in an individual matter of this nature.