§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland under what authority firearms and ammunition can be requisitioned by the governor of a Scottish prison.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 19 May 1989] : The carrying or use of firearms in or on prison service property is normally strictly forbidden. Permission to do so may, however, be granted—to control vermin on prison service agricultural and horticultural land—but only by means of prior written authorisation from the director of the Scottish prison service and subject to the issue by the police of a permit for the use by a named prison officer of such a firearm.