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UIN 45053

Firearms: Licensing

answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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11 May 2020

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19 May 2020 · Answer

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19 May 2020

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers her Department has to specify the practice to be adopted by constabularies on firearms licensing.

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  1. 11 May 2020

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers her Department has to specify the practice to be adopted by constabularies on firearms licensing.

    Source: Commons

  2. 19 May 2020

    Answer

    While firearms licensing is an operational matter for the police, the Policing and Crime Act 2017 allows the Secretary of State to issue statutory guidance to the police on their firearms licensing functions which police forces will be required to have re...

    Source: Written answer

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