§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many letters he has received to date about the Firearms Act 1988(a) from when his proposals were first published until First Reading, (b) between First Reading and Royal Assent and (c) since Royal Assent until the latest available date.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe information is not kept in the precise form requested but figures compiled on a monthly basis from September 1987, when I announced our proposals, to March 1989 are as follows:
Number 1987 September 819 October 904 November 962 December 407 1988 January 907 February 653 March 373 April 173 May 131 June 113 July 54 August 77 September 50 October 105 November 55 December 36 1989 January 89 February 120 March 78