Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2024 to Question 18268 on Firearms: Licensing, when she last held discussions with (a) the police, (b) gun control groups, (c) the British Shooting Sports Council and (d) the British Association for Shooting and Conservation on firearms licensing in England, Scotland and Wales.

The Home Office regularly meets with the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for firearms licensing and other officers.

We also meet with representatives of other relevant stakeholder groups from time to time, including most recently, on 13th January 2025.