Written Question·Home Office·UIN 69387

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 discussions she has had with (a) payment processors and (b) courier services on disrupting the purchase and delivery of knives sold online by overseas retailers without age checks.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
We 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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