Question follow-through · 48509

Crossbows

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer of 2 April 2025 to Question 41188 on Crossbows, what her Department's planned timetable is for publishing the (a) Government's response to that consultation and (b) steps the Govern

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 28 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 30 Apr 2025
Answer: 7 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

28 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer of 2 April 2025 to Question 41188 on Crossbows, what her Department's planned timetable is for publishing the (a) Government's response to that consultation and (b) steps the Govern
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 May 2025
Answer published
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 28 April, Official Report Volume 766, column 26 and 27. The Government will shortly publish our response to that call for evidence and this will set out the next steps we intend to take.

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