Written Question·Home Office·UIN 69386
Knives: Import Controls
Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 3 September 2025
Question
Matt Vickers
Conservative — Stockton West
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of using existing legislation to restrict the online sale and import of knives from overseas.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonWe are currently strengthening the legislation around the online sale of knives with measures in the Crime and Policing Bill, which is currently progressing through Parliament. This includes:introducing a two-stage age verification system at the point of ...
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