Written Question·Home Office·UIN 74367

Firearms: Licensing

Tabled: 2 September 2025
Answered: 10 September 2025

Question

Gregory Stafford

ConservativeFarnham and Bordon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the licensing system for Section 2 shotguns on rural economies.

Answer

Sarah Jones
We will be undertaking a public consultation later this year on the greater alignment of the controls on shotguns with other firearms.The Government response to the 2023 firearms licensing consultation, published on 13 February this year, included a commi...

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