Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of issuing hologram-overlayed firearm licences to tackle firearm licensing fraud.

The Government has committed to a public consultation on shotgun controls and other firearms issues. This consultation will include consideration of measures to address the potential illegal use of forged firearms and shotgun certificates, including changes to certificate requirements. The consultation will be published in due course.