Plastic Bullets & Similar Baton Rounds

EDM number 90 in 1991-92, proposed by Peter Hain on 06/11/1991.

That this House deplores the use of all plastic bullets and similar baton rounds throughout Britain and Northern Ireland; notes that since their introduction to Northern Ireland in 1971, rubber and plastic bullets have caused the death of 18 people and disabling injuries to hundreds more; that in the past two years the weapon has caused 22 breech explosions, risking injury to the soldiers or Royal Ulster Constabulary officers firing the guns; and requests that in the interests of safeguarding human life the Government bans the use of all such baton rounds and destroys all existing Government stockpiles of them.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.