NATIONAL FIREARMS REGISTER

Early day motion 1794, tabled 10 March 2006 by Danny Alexander (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 43 members.

That this House recalls that the establishment of a National Firearms Register was one of the principal recommendations of the Cullen Inquiry that followed the tragic massacre at Dunblane on 13th March 1996; notes that the establishment of the National Firearms Register was subsequently agreed by Parliament in the Firearms Amendment Act 1997; is concerned that, 10 years after the Dunblane tragedy, such a register is still not in place; further notes reports that resources within the Home Office have been directed away from the establishment of the Firearms Register to the national identity card project; and calls on the Government to complete the introduction of the Register without any further prevarication and to provide a full report to the House on the reasons for its delay.

Signatures by party: Labour 22, Liberal Democrat 18, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Scottish National Party 1.