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Firearms: Regulation

Asked by Steve BarclayConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 4 March 2025UIN 32998

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of aligning the controls on shotguns with that of other firearms on financial costs to farm businesses.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

The consultation on the recommendation made to the Home Office on aligning the controls on shotguns with other firearms, as set out in the Government response to the consultation, “Firearms Licensing: a consultation on recommendations for changes made to the Home Office” and published on 13 February, will be published later this year. The necessary impact assessments will be published with that consultation.

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