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Mr. Fearn
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what weapons private security firms are empowered to employ in dockyards and ports.
Mr. McLoughlin
Private security firms are not empowered to carry firearms in dockyards and ports unless they have a firearms certificate from the chief officer of police under section 1 of the Firearms Act 1968.