Oral QuestionMinistry of Justice

“What assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the number of drugs found in prisons over the last five years.”

Tabled: 8 May 2024Answered: 14 May 2024

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Justice

Answer from Hansard

The Prime Minister

I thank my hon. Friend for raising that really important issue. Yesterday, we introduced our Crime and Policing Bill, which is central to our plan for change and to halving knife crime. It involves new powers to seize and destroy knives found on private property and a new criminal offence of possessing a bladed article with the intent to cause harm, plus tougher penalties for selling dangerous weapons to under-18s and stricter rules for online sales under Ronan’s law. We will continue that work.