Firearms and Hate Crime Bill
In progressCurrently at: 2nd reading in the Commons.
Originated in CommonsUpdated 3 May 2022
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Long title
A Bill to prohibit the keeping of pump action firearms in homes, with exemptions for professional pest controllers and farmers; to make provision about medical requirements for holders of firearms certificates; to make provision about the disclosure of mental health concerns relating to holders of firearms certificates; to extend offences of stirring up hatred to cover hatred on the basis of sex or gender; to make motivation by misogyny an aggravating factor in sentencing for violent crimes; and for connected purposes.
Progress through Parliament
- 1st reading· Commons
2 March 2022 – 2 March 2022
- 2nd reading· Commons
6 May 2022 – 6 May 2022
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. Bill ID: 3123.