Gun Sports: Lead
Commons · Question 43500 · Tabled 2 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of exempting elite shooting athletes from the Health and Safety Executive’s proposed restriction on the acquisition, sto
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 10 Apr 2025
The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) final Opinion on their restriction proposal for lead in ammunition, informed by information from public consultations as well as independent scientific advice, included consideration of the use of lead shot by athle...