§ Mr. DixonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy to ask the chief constable of the Northumbrian police to introduce an amnesty for holders of knives, guns and martial arts weapons, along the lines of that recently introduced by the Metropolitan police.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggWe are discussing with the Association of Chief Police Officers how campaigns like that run by the Metropolitan police encouraging the disposal of knives and other weapons might be instituted more widely.