Written Question·Home Office·UIN 101664

Firearms: Licensing

Tabled: 18 December 2025
Answered: 9 January 2026

Question

Mr Lee Dillon

Liberal DemocratNewbury

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed shotgun licensing reforms on rural employment.

Answer

Sarah Jones
The Government response to the 2023 firearms licensing consultation, published on 13 February this year, included a commitment to having a public consultation on strengthening the licensing controls on shotguns to bring them more into line with the contro...

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