Dr Julian Huppert – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dr Julian Huppert on 2014-03-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the efficacy of the existing tactics in place for use of water cannon in Northern Ireland.

Damian Green

The Home Secretary has now received the request to authorise water cannon for
use by the police in England and Wales. She is considering this request and
will announce her decision in due course and lay the relevant information in
the House Library.