HC Deb 15 March 1977 vol 928 c105W
49. Mr. Lipton

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will ban the import and sale of an American cataput known as Falcon II for which no licence is required but is capable of killing at a range of 200 yards.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

No. I am not persuaded that legislation is necessary since it is already an offence under the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 to have a weapon of this type in a public place without reasonable excuse.

COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS AND FOREIGN NATIONALS ACCEPTED FOR SETTLEMENT EITHER ON ARRIVAL OR ON REMOVAL OF TIME LIMIT—1960–1976
Commonwealth Citizens Foreign Nationals Total Commonwealth Citizens and Foreign Nationals
1960 … … … … … — 16,433 16,433
1961 … … … … … — 15,689 15,689
1962 … … … … … 18,814* 15,606 34,420*
1963 … … … … … 59,806 15,349 75,155
1964 … … … … … 55,900 19,211 75,111
1965 … … … … … 57,352 20,615 77,967
1966 … … … … … 52,318 18,948 71,266
1967 … … … … … 64,968 18,346 83,314
1968 … … … … … 64,318 20,093 84,474
1969 … … … … … 48,084 21,862 69,946
1970 … … … … … 42,390 20,917 63,307
1971 … … … … … 48,838 23,467 72,305
1972 … … … … … 72,508 19,681 92,189
1973 … … … … … 34,044† 21,118† 55,162
1974 … … … … … 42,078 26,800 68,878
1975 … … … … … 50,928 31,477 82,405
1976‡ … … … … … 49,300‡ 31,500‡ 80,700‡
* Figures for Commonwealth citizens cover the period July—December 1962.
† Citizens of Pakistan are included under "Commonwealth Citizens" until 31st August 1973 and under "Foreign Nationals" from 1st September 1973.
‡ Provisional.

The table shows that between January 1963 and December 1976 some 1,052,000 Commonwealth citizens and foreign nationals were accepted for settlement—an average of about 75,000 per year.