HC Deb 26 June 1973 vol 858 cc323-4W
Mr. Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many toy and model firearms were confiscated from passengers leaving British airports for the latest period for which statistics are available.

Mr. Onslow

Comprehensive information is not available, but in the first quarter of 1973, 99 toy guns, machine guns, pistols and rifles, six imitation guns and five replica guns and pistols were removed from passengers by BOAC during security checks at Heathrow.