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.
This Bill would ban keeping pump-action firearms in people’s homes, with exemptions for professional pest controllers and farmers. It also tightens medical checks for firearms certificates and requires consideration of mental health concerns when deciding certificates. In addition, it updates hate crime laws to cover hatred based on sex or gender and makes misogyny an aggravating factor in sentencing for violent crimes.
Currently at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons; after this stage it will move to committee for detailed examination, then to third reading, and on to the House of Lords.
Generated 21 February 2026
The 2022-2023 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
