Clause 27 - Firing an air weapon beyond premises
Violent Crime Reduction Bill
11:15 am
Hazel Blears (Minister of State (Policing, Security and Community Safety), Home Office; Salford, Labour)
I have little to add, except to say that I will look at the issue of adjoining premises. A range of strict liability offences already exists under firearms law. Purchasing ammunition, possessing or acquiring a shotgun and transferring ammunition without being a registered firearms dealer are all strict liability offences, so there is a good precedent for having a tough test—and rightly so.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 27 ordered to stand part of the Bill.