§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will consider removing some of the live firing ranges from national parks to areas of army training land which the National Audit Office has identified as under-utilised.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe live-firing facilities that the Ministry of Defence retains in certain national parks are mainly for field-firing of small arms, heavy calibre infantry or anti-tank weapons, or artillery. Alternative locations where this live-firing could be safely accommodated are already fully subscribed. Transfers are not a practical proposition at the present time.