Question follow-through · 88636
Firearms: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to (a) merge and (b) align the (i) Section 1 (firearms) and (ii) Section 2 (shotgun) licensing systems in the Firearms Act 1968.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 10 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 20 Nov 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to (a) merge and (b) align the (i) Section 1 (firearms) and (ii) Section 2 (shotgun) licensing systems in the Firearms Act 1968.
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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20 Nov 2025
Answer published
We will be undertaking a public consultation later this year on the greater alignment of the controls on shotguns with other firearms.The Government response to the 2023 firearms licensing consultation, published on 13 February this year, included a commi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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