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Firearms: Licensing

Asked by Mr Tanmanjeet Singh DhesiLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 20 April 2026UIN 125276

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2025 to Question 82712 on Firearms Licensing, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of not implementing the recommendation of the Law Commission on

Answered by Sarah Jones

The Government has no plans to take forward the recommendation made by the Law Commission in 2015 to codify existing firearms legislation.

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