Gun Sports: Regulation
The question
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) shooting sports and (b) associated supply chains in (i) Surrey Heath constituency and (ii) the South East region.
Answered by Emma Hardy
In 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 environment, as well as the socioeconomic impact of introducing further restrictions. This included considering the impacts on target shooting sports and supply chains in Great Britain.
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