Question follow-through · 906245
Offensive Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the use of catapults as offensive weapons.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 5 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 26 Nov 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the use of catapults as offensive weapons.
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Minister for Policing and Crime Prevention chaired a meeting with concerned MPs and the Minister for Biosecurity, Borders and Animals at DEFRA to discuss this issue.We are clear that catapults should not be used against wildlife, property or people, a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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