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Ammunition: Lead

Question for Department for Work and Pensions

UIN HL739, tabled on 4 September 2024

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Health and Safety Executive will have regard to the environmental principles policy statement when formulating its final restriction opinion on the risks to human health and the environment of using lead in ammunition.

Answered on

16 September 2024

The Health and Safety Executive is currently finalising its UK REACH opinion on further action to restrict the use of lead in ammunition and is considering the environmental principles policy statement.