Written Question·Home Office·UIN 102823

Firearms: Licensing

Tabled: 5 January 2026
Answered: 13 January 2026

Question

James Cartlidge

Conservative — South Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of merging (i) shotgun and (ii) rifle licensing systems will have on constituents in South Suffolk.

Answer

Sarah Jones
The Government response to the 2023 firearms licensing consultation, published on 13 February 2025, included a commitment to having a public consultation on strengthening the licensing controls on shotguns to bring them more into line with the controls on...
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