“What progress (a) has been and (b) is being made on proposals to replace Lancashire County Council with three new unitary authorities.”
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention (Dame Diana Johnson)
I am very sorry to hear about the incident to which my hon. Friend refers. She will know that we have a commitment to halve knife crime over the next decade. We have already introduced the ban on zombie knives and machetes, and we are moving forward with the ban on ninja swords. Last week, the Home Secretary announced the new measures under Ronan’s law to tighten the lethal loopholes in the online sale of knives, and we are developing the Young Futures programme, with prevention partnerships at their heart, to stop young people getting involved in knife crime.