Orders of the Day — Firearms (Amendment) Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:32 pm on 12 November 1996.

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Photo of Michael Howard Michael Howard The Secretary of State for the Home Department 4:32, 12 November 1996

My hon. Friend will be aware that many of the 23 recommendations made by Lord Cullen in his report—all of which we accept—go to precisely the point that he has just made. Of course it is true that there is room for reform of the procedures. The Bill proposes the implementation of the recommendations that will achieve that objective. Lord Cullen went on to say, however, that that in itself was not enough and that consideration had to be given to controlling access to handguns, which has given rise to the proposals in the Bill in addition to those dealing with certification.