§ Mr. William Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many persons in Northern Ireland now hold firearms certificates; and of these how many are in respect of (a) shotguns only, (b) rifles only and (c) handguns only;
(2) if he will publish a table in the Official Report setting out the number of (a) applications, (b) renewals and (c) variations of firearms certificates dealt with in each of the last six years or financial years; and how many in each case in each year were (i) granted and (ii) refused.