Written Question·Home Office·UIN 106892
Firearms: Licensing
Tabled: 19 January 2026
Answered: 27 January 2026
Question
Cameron Thomas
Independent — Tewkesbury
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of merging (i) shotgun and (ii) rifle licensing systems on people undertaking wildlife management.
Answer
Sarah JonesThe 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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