Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mark Garnier and Julian Brazier

Monday 18th January 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest) (Con)]

T3. Cadet units across the country are keen to engage in target rifle shooting, and yet the rules surrounding transportation of rifles and ammunition make such participation all but impossible for schools and cadet units. Will the Secretary of State meet me and representatives of the National Rifle Association to discuss how we can get around those very difficult rules in a practical and safe manner?

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Julian Brazier)]

I would be delighted to meet my hon. Friend and the National Rifle Association. I should say though that, although handling youngsters on a rifle range is very skilled business, we cannot find any evidence from any of the four service organisations that there is a particularly acute shortage in that regard, although some individual cases have been brought to my attention. None the less I would be delighted to have the meeting that he suggests.