Written Question·Home Office·UIN 88636
Firearms: Licensing
Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 20 November 2025
Question
Stuart Andrew
Conservative — Daventry
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to (a) merge and (b) align the (i) Section 1 (firearms) and (ii) Section 2 (shotgun) licensing systems in the Firearms Act 1968.
Answer
Sarah JonesWe 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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