HC Deb 07 March 1988 vol 129 c5W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when and by whom the McKay report on firearms was commissioned; and when the inquiry was announced or made known to the House.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

Sir John McKay's working party was commissioned to review firearms controls in December 1970 by the then Home Secretary. The review was first announced in the other place on 15 December 1970.

Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any undertaking was given that the McKay report on firearms would be published, or a copy placed in the Library.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

I am not aware of any such undertaking.

Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now place a copy of the McKay report on firearms in the Library.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

No. The report of Sir John McKay's working party on the control of firearms, prepared in 1972, was an internal document. Its main conclusions and recommendations were incorporated in the 1973 Green Paper, "The Control of Firearms in Great Britain", Cmnd. 5297.