§ Mr. Maplesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether there are any plans to hold further campaigns to discourage the misuse of air weapons.
§ Mr. HurdLocal campaigns will run in the west midlands and Greater Manchester for three weeks from 17 November to 6 December and from 24 November to 13 December respectively. The aim will be to encourage more responsible use of air weapons and to reduce the number of recorded offences involving air weapons. We shall consider, in the light of our evaluation of these pilot campaigns, whether to run similar ones next year in other police force areas where the incidence of air weapon misuse is high.