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Bill Introduced 20 Jul 2022 ↗ Parliament

Firearms and Hate Crime Bill

A Bill to prohibit the keeping of pump action firearms in homes, with exemptions for professional pest controllers and farmers; to make provision about medical requirements for holders of firearms certificates; to make provision about the disclosure of mental health concerns relating to holders of firearms certificates; to extend offences of stirring up hatred to cover hatred on the basis of sex or gender; to make motivation by misogyny an aggravating factor in sentencing for violent crimes; and for connected purposes.

Legislative progress

Commons 20 Jul 2022
1st reading
Commons
2nd reading