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Many of our parents—at least in this House—were heavily involved in the Second World War. There are many items used in that war that were issued to members of the Special Forces or captured from German troops that are very properly considered collectible now. They are part of our national history, but they are not so unique that the British museums would want to end up with large collections of them. Perhaps we ought to allow these items, as we allow other weapons, to be part of collections. We allow old swords and other very dangerous weapons to be collected, so why not the weapons that we are now prohibiting under ROWA, as long as they are antiques?