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 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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