Paul Calvert (President) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you for that. I will endeavour to find out the truth. I am not saying that you are not correct, but I will find out what did happen and why. When you gave me some notice about a security matter I went to the trouble of finding out what the process is. Basically the answer I have here is regarding the six incidents we have had this year where articles have been confiscated and not returned because they have been prohibited under the Prohibited Weapons Act 1996. I think one of them was a nunchaku. We do have screening processes here. Sometimes particularly young people coming in have articles like balls, whistles and noisemakers that are routinely confiscated and returned as they leave the building, as you would be aware. But, on this particular matter you have raised, I will investigate further. If as you have said these people were treated unfairly I will arrange for an apology.