Firearms: Licensing
Commons · Question 104780 · Tabled 12 Jan 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by James Wild
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to announce the (a) scope and (b) timetable of the forthcoming consultation on proposals to merge shotgun and firearms licensing regimes.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 20 Jan 2026
The Government response to the 2023 firearms licensing consultation, published on 13 February 2025, included a commitment to having a public consultation on strengthening the licensing controls on shotguns to bring them more into line with the controls on...