§ Mr. CryerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes involving firearms have4W been committed by gun clubs members in possession of a firearms certificate, in each year since 1970; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe available information relating to notifiable offences recorded by the police in which firearms were reported to have been used is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales" at chapter 3 of the issue for 1986, (Cmnd. 233) copies of which are in the Library. Information on the suspected offender is not collected centrally.
§ Mr. CryerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to require licensed gun clubs to use pattern targets rather than targets depicting a human figure; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggNo. The Government's proposals for the reform of firearms legislation are set out in the White Paper "Firearms Act 1968, Proposals for Reform", (Cm. 261) published on 2 December.