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Written Question
Rifles
Monday 18th October 2021

Asked by: Lord Robertson of Port Ellen (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Earl Howe on 6 February 2019 (HL Deb, col 410GC), what was the outcome of the consultation on the .50 calibre rifles; and what plans they have, if any, to ban such rifles.

Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)

The Government ran a public consultation on a range of firearms safety issues between 24 November 2020 and 16 February 2021.

Amongst other issues, the consultation sought views on high muzzle energy rifles and whether enhanced security arrangements are necessary for these rifles to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands. Over 12,000 responses were received to the consultation. The Government is considering these responses carefully and will publish its response to the consultation in due course.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 02 Mar 2015
Counterterrorism Policy: Syria and Iraq

"Does the Minister agree that there is something absurd about the security services being blamed in any way for what has happened where people may or may not have gone to Syria to fight for ISIL? Instead of criticising the security services, which have a huge job not only in …..."
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