Firearms licensing regulations in Scotland

Scottish Affairs Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 23 Sep 2022 Closed: 17 Oct 2023 Parliament page
Firearms licensing regulations in Scotland The Committee will be inquiring into firearms licensing regulations and their impact in Scotland. We want to hear about whether current arrangements around firearms licenses are appropriate, or whether changes to those arrangements (including legislation) should be made. Read the call for evidence for more … Read more
27 Recommendations
75 Conclusions
1 Report
3 Oral sessions
5 Letters
4 Events
Activity timeline 14 events
5 Jul
2023
Report published
16 May
2023
Correspondence
21 Feb
2023
Correspondence
7 Feb
2023
Correspondence
22 Dec
2022
Report published
19 Dec
2022
Correspondence
19 Dec
2022
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 16, Palace of Westminster
6 Dec
2022
Correspondence
21 Nov
2022
Oral evidence
21 Nov
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 6, Palace of Westminster
31 Oct
2022
Oral evidence
31 Oct
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 3 sessions
21 Nov 2022
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Nick Hunt · Home Office Rt Hon Chris Philp MP · Home Office
31 Oct 2022
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Assistant Chief Constable Alan Speirs · Police Scotland Jamie MacQueen · Scottish Government Keith Brown MSP · Scottish Government Paul Allen · Scottish Government Superintendent Steven Duncan · Police Scotland
24 Oct 2022
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Dr Colin Shedden · British Association for Shooting and Conservation Dr Michael North · Gun Control Network Fraser Lamb · Scottish Association for Country Sports Gordon Matheson · Free Church of Scotland
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Third Report - Firearms licensing regulations in Scotland HC 710 22 Dec 2022 102 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
8 Conclusion Not Addressed
Third Report - Firearms licensing …
We have heard concerns about the current UK legislation regarding firearms in the context of...
We have heard concerns about the current UK legislation regarding firearms in the context of Scotland. Firstly, Superintendent Duncan stated that the age of legislation could cause issues. Superintendent Duncan told us that: “legislation is now over 50 years old… … Read more
Government Response
The UK Government has noted the Committee’s recommendation in relation to advertising avenues to mental health support for the shooting community and also the points made about the particular challenges faced by rural communities traumatised by fatal shootings, recommending that the UK and Scottish Governments work together to provide more mental health resources in these areas or that could be easily accessed when tragedies involving firearms happen. The Scottish Affairs Committee recommended that the Government should support the shooting community in advertising avenues to mental health support, to build on the recent release of leaflets in Scotland about mental health in that community, and that the UK and Scottish Government work together to support the distribution of materials such as the mental health leaflets produced by shooting organisations. We are consulting and would welcome views on this recommendation as to whether and how a similar form of leaflet on mental health coul
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Government Response AI assessment · 102 of 27 classified
Accepted 4
Accepted in Part 12
Acknowledged 30
Deferred 48
Not Addressed 1
Rejected 7
Total 27 recs + 75 conclusions
Correspondence 5 letters
16 May 2023 To committee Letter from Rt Hon Chris Philp MP, Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire at the Home Office on firearms licensing regulations in Scotland, dated 5 May 2023.
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21 Feb 2023 To committee Letter from the Rt Hon Chris Philp MP, Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire at the Home Office on the publication of the first revision of the Statutory Guidance for Chief Officers of Police on firearms licensing, dated 9 February 2023
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7 Feb 2023 To committee Letter from Rt Hon Chris Philp MP, Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire at the Home Office on firearms licensing regulations in Scotland, dated 30 January 2023
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19 Dec 2022 To committee Letter from Humza Yousaf MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care at Scottish Government on follow-up to evidence session on 31 October 2022 on Firearms licensing regulations in Scotland, dated 12 December 2022
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6 Dec 2022 To committee Letter from the Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire, the Rt Hon Chris Philp MP in follow up to his appearance at the Scottish Affairs Select Committee inquiry into Firearms licensing on 21 November, dated 30 Nov 2022
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