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Firearms: Licensing

Asked by Helen MaguireLiberal DemocratHome OfficeTabled Answered 9 September 2024UIN 3636

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the conclusions of the Senior Coroner for Surrey’s Prevention of Future Deaths report following the murder of Emma and Ellette Pattison, published on 12 August 2024, whether she plans to take steps with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to ensure licensing authorities are made aware of online GP consultations as a further safeguard.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

The Home Secretary, alongside others, has received a Prevention of Future Deaths report from the Senior Coroner for Surrey regarding the deaths at Epsom College in February 2023. The Government will be responding to the Coroner’s recommendations in due course.

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