Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 72799
Gun Sports: Regulation
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025
Question
Dr Al Pinkerton
Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Health and Safety Executive’s proposed three-year transition to restrict certain rifle ammunition on (a) s
Answer
Emma HardyIn 2021, Defra asked the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) and the Environment Agency (EA) to prepare a restriction dossier for lead ammunition. The HSE and the EA considered the evidence of risk posed by lead in ammunition on human health and the envir...
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