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WHAT HAPPENED ON 16th October 1996?
15th October 1996
BUSINESS IN HOUSES OF COMMONS AND LORDS
The controversial "white list" of countries thought not to give cause for asylum applications will be debated. The Government aims to deter what it believes are unjustified applications for asylum from a list of countries. Defence Estimates for 1996 & the EU Common Fisheries Policy are also due to be discussed. In the House of Lords there will be debates on European Union enlargement and the Common Agricultural policy.
16th October 1996
The Government is due to announce tough
curbs on handguns. Kenny McInyre: Intense security surrounds the publication of recommendations of Lord Cullen's report & the Government's response in the Commons this afternoon. But it is clear that the Government has moved considerably from its original position. It looks now to be going further than Lord Cullen's recommendations.
16th October 1996
ROBERTSON WELCOMES FINDINGS OF REPORT
Shadow Scottish Secretary George Robertson has welcomed Lord Cullen's "painstaking" efforts. He said lawmakers now had to act "swiftly & decisively" to make sure a similar tragedy could never recur. He told the Commons: "There is no place in any decent society for handguns of any kind." He welcomed proposals for better school security & a system for vetting those working with children.
15th October 1996
S KOREAN STUDENTS ON TRIAL FOR PROTESTS
More than 400 South Korean students have gone on trial in connection with protests in August in Seoul. Around 1 000 people were injured in the clashes which followed an annual student rally in support of reunification with North Korea. The confrontations only ended when government troops laid siege to a university campus & then stormed it. The students are being tried at several different courthouses in the capital.
16th October 1996
The Government is due to announce tough
curbs on handguns. Kenny McInyre: Intense security surrounds the publication of recommendations of Lord Cullen's report & the Government's response in the Commons this afternoon. But it is clear that the Government has moved considerably from its original position. It looks now to be going further than Lord Cullen's recommendations.
16th October 1996
The Government is due to announce tough
curbs on handguns. Kenny McInyre: Sportsmen & women will still be able to use Olympic-style weapons. Those are single shot guns accounting for around 10% of the handguns in ownership in Britain at secure premises Signs are that the opposition parties will unite behind this. And the Government hopes the legislation will be on the statute book by the end of the year.
