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Question follow-through · 18268

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had meetings with representatives of (a) police, (b) gun control groups, (c) British Shooting Sports Council and (d) British Association for Shooting and Conservation to discuss firear

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
5 Dec 2024
Target answer date
9 Dec 2024
Answer
13 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had meetings with representatives of (a) police, (b) gun control groups, (c) British Shooting Sports Council and (d) British Association for Shooting and Conservation to discuss firear

  2. 9 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    Home Office Ministers and officials meet with representatives of the police, the shooting community, gun control groups and others from time to time and will continue to do so.This helps to ensure that all relevant views are taken into account in ensuring...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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