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That brings me to the other amendments the noble Lord has tabled. Amendments 214C to 214E seek to create a separate category of particularly dangerous weapons that would attract tougher penalties. I say to the noble Viscount, Lord Goschen, the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, and indeed to the author of those amendments, the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, that the Government have taken strong action in this area in the past 12 months. I have taken through measures on behalf of the Home Office—the Government have done so across the board, in the House of Commons and in this Chamber—that have implemented a ban on zombie-style knives and zombie-style machetes, which came into effect in September 2024, and we banned ninja swords in August this year. So there is a real measure of examining and differentiating, dare I say, the legitimate uses of certain types of offensive weapon—going to the points made by the noble Viscount, Lord Hailsham—and banning them through legislation passed with support from the Opposition in this House and in the House of Commons.