United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 98740
Crossbows: Licensing
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10 December 2025
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6 January 2026 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of creating a single crossbow licensing authority for England and Wales.
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10 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of creating a single crossbow licensing authority for England and Wales.
Source: Commons
6 January 2026
Answer
The Government is actively considering the introduction of further controls around crossbows.This follows a call for evidence on strengthening controls on crossbows on public safety grounds, which ran from 14 February to 9 April 2024, and tested ideas for...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-10/98740
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1862886
- uk · wq-1862886 · source updated 6 January 2026