Source · Select Committees · Scottish Affairs Committee
Recommendation 47
47
Deferred
We heard (for example, from Reverend Gordon Matheson) that people close to an individual may...
Recommendation
We heard (for example, from Reverend Gordon Matheson) that people close to an individual may not know that they own, or are applying to own, firearms.129 This lack of knowledge may prevent family and friends from reporting concerns about an individual who is not best placed to own firearms (for example, because of poor mental health).
Government Response Summary
The government is seeking views in a consultation paper regarding interviewing partners and household members of certificate holders or applicants with a record of violence and will look again at making the advice on domestic abuse clearer.
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
You will see that we are seeking views in the accompanying consultation paper on the recommendations made in respect of interviewing partners and household members of those certificate holders or applicants with a record of violence or subject to allegations of violence. The Government will also look again at making the advice on domestic abuse clearer and emphasise the need to interview partners, relatives, and possibly former partners, if there are allegations of domestic abuse against the certificate holder/applicant. The intention is to publish a further version of the Statutory Guidance by the end of 2023.