§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Thames Valley on the average time taken, from application to determination, in processing applications for firearms certificates, since December 1986.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggI understand from the chief constable of the Thames Valley police that this information is not available, though a rough estimate suggests that the normal procedures are completed in between two and six weeks.