Written question asked by Mike Penning (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 May 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 May 2020. It was answered by Kit Malthouse (Conservative) on Friday, 22 May 2020 on behalf of the Home Office.

Firearms: Licensing

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she publish the (a) dates and (b) outcomes of the meetings held by (a) Ministers in her Department and (b) officials in her Department with representatives from the Countryside Alliance on the medical involvement in firearms licensing since May 2016.

Answer: Home Office Ministers and officials have regular meetings with Ministerial colleagues and others as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government’s practice to provide details of all such meetings. It is, however, the case that we have discussed the involvement of medical professionals in firearms licensing procedures with a range of interested parties including the police, representatives of the medical profession, including the General Medical Council, and shooting organisations including the British Shooting Sports Council and the Countryside Alliance, and we shall continue to do so, as appropriate.

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