Written questions

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...