HC Deb 20 April 1990 vol 170 c1037W
Mr. Fearn

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what weapons private security firms are empowered to employ in dockyards and ports.

Mr. McLoughlin

Private security firms are not empowered to carry firearms in dockyards and ports unless they have a firearms certificate from the chief officer of police under section 1 of the Firearms Act 1968.