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Legislation On The Ownership Of Handguns

EDM number 925 in 1995-96, proposed by Terry Lewis on 21/05/1996.

That this House notes that football supporters, with great misgivings, accepted a restriction on their right to stand on the terraces at football grounds following a recommendation of the Taylor Inquiry into the Hillsborough disaster; recognises that this willing acceptance of a loss of personal freedom resulted from a tragic accident which cost many lives; draws attention to the fact that two criminal acts first at Hungerford and more recently at Dunblane resulted in the deaths of over 30 human beings by legally armed gunmen; confirms that society imposed inconvenience and increased costs on millions of football supporters post-Hillsborough; and believes that the imposition of similar constraints on gun enthusiasts should now be accepted and, in pursuit of this objective, an immediate ban on the private ownership of handguns should be legislated for.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Terry Lewis21/05/1996WorsleyProposed
Lynne Jones22/05/1996Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Ken Livingstone22/05/1996Brent EastSigned
Eddie Loyden22/05/1996Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Alice Mahon22/05/1996HalifaxSigned
Bill Etherington22/05/1996Sunderland NorthSigned
Norman Godman22/05/1996Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
John Gunnell22/05/1996Leeds South and MorleySigned
Tony Banks22/05/1996Newham North WestSigned
John Heppell04/06/1996Nottingham EastSigned
John Evans05/06/1996St Helens NorthSigned
Kenneth Eastham05/06/1996Manchester, BlackleySigned
Keith Bradley05/06/1996Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Ken Purchase06/06/1996Wolverhampton North EastSigned
Anne Campbell06/06/1996CambridgeSigned
Michael Clapham06/06/1996Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Harry Barnes06/06/1996North East DerbyshireSigned
Jack Thompson11/06/1996WansbeckSigned
Max Madden12/06/1996Bradford WestSigned
Audrey Wise18/06/1996PrestonSigned
Joyce Quin24/06/1996Gateshead EastSigned
Alan Simpson24/06/1996Nottingham SouthSigned
Janet Anderson02/07/1996Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Robert Wareing02/07/1996Liverpool, West DerbySigned

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