Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 43504

Gun Sports: Lead

Tabled: 2 April 2025

Answered: 10 April 2025

Question

Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had with the Health and Safety Executive on its proposed restriction on the acquisition, s

Answer

Emma Hardy

In Spring 2021, Defra asked the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) and the Environment Agency (EA) to prepare a restriction dossier for lead ammunition in all habitats. The HSE and the EA have considered the evidence of risk posed by lead in ammunition t...

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