Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department is making on its review of air weapons.

We are reviewing the regulation of air weapons in England and Wales, and requested the views of interested parties by 6 February 2018. The review is looking at issues such as manufacturing standards, secure storage and whether current arrangements are sufficient to prevent children gaining access to air weapons. We will also take account of the arrangements in Scotland and Northern Ireland where air weapons are subject to a licensing regime. The Department has received a large number of representations on these topics, and we will consider them carefully before deciding how to proceed. We will publish the outcome of the review in due course.