Health Bill
2 July 2026
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Health Bill House of Commons
00:01 - 00:32
Speaker 1
Order, order. We now come to group 35 and amendment 12 to clause 47 tabled by Martin Wrigley. Does any member wish to move the amendment? No. We now come to group 35A and amendment 71 to clause 47 tabled by Helen Maguire, with which it will be, with which we will debate amendment 72.
Does any member wish to move the amendment? Dr. Danny Chambers.
00:32 - 02:11
Speaker 3
Thank you, Madam Chair. This amendment is in the name of my honorable friend for Epsom and Ewell and would require medical markers for firearms license holders to be visible to all relevant health workers under the establishment of the single patient record. I won't read through the all the speaking notes on this, but in a nutshell, someone rightly has mental health checks before acquiring a firearms license. That will not be reviewed again until they are due to reapply to renew their firework firearms license a few years later. This would enable, if their mental health status changed during that time, for healthcare workers, GPs, to for it to be flagged to them that they do have a firearms license and for any proactive measures to be taken to ensure they're still safe to have that license or have it removed rather than waiting for the them to apply for a new license in a few years' time.
This is, you know, the BMA supports this, the Royal College of GPs think it'd be valuable. And a survey carried out by the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners found that 87% of existing certificate holders believe that GPs should inform the police if they become aware of a health that could impact the certificate holder's ability to own a gun safely. But quite often the GP is not aware that the person is in possession of a firearms license.
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