§ The Earl of Shrewsburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether personnel from Meridian TV and BBC TV Kent were authorised by the Home Secretary to possess and use weapons prohibited by Section 5 of the Firearms Act 1968 which were lent to them by Kent County Constabulary as part of the production process of a TV investigation into firearms transmitted on 21 March; and, if so, whether they will place a copy of the Home Secretary's authority in the Library of the House. [HL4220]
§ Lord RookerNo such authorisation was applied for or granted.