Question follow-through · 116322
Firearms: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his timetable is for the consultation on Section 1 and Section 2 licensing of shotguns and firearms.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 26 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 5 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
26 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his timetable is for the consultation on Section 1 and Section 2 licensing of shotguns and firearms.
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government has committed to having a new public consultation on changes to the licensing controls on shotguns.We will publish the consultation in due course.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Firearms: Licensing
27 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of combining section 1 and 2 licenses on public safety.
Firearms: Licensing
2 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has evaluated the cost to local police constabulary of changes to licensing requirements around shotgun ownership.
Firearms: Licensing
2 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had any meetings with BASC, has any future meetings with BASC and any other organisations planned, on the issue of combining section 1 and 2 licenses for shotguns.
Organised Crime: Rural Areas
11 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the extent to which organised criminal groups are responsible for rural crime affecting farms and agricultural businesses.
Crime Prevention: Rural Areas
14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve cooperation between police forces in tackling offences in rural areas affecting farms and agricultural businesses.