Written Question·Home Office·UIN 37526

Crossbows

Tabled: 11 March 2025
Answered: 19 March 2025

Question

Matt Turmaine

LabourWatford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward further regulation of the sale of (a) crossbows and (b) crossbow arrow heads.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
We are actively considering the introduction of further controls around crossbows and broadhead arrows. This follows a call for evidence on strengthening controls on crossbows on public safety grounds which ran from 14 February to 9 April 2024.It tested i...

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