Written Question·Home Office·UIN 40991

Knives: Sales

Tabled: 25 March 2025
Answered: 31 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Clive Betts

LabourSheffield South East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure there is full consultation with established knife manufacturers and distributors before rules are changed about the design of kitchen knives that can be sold online.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
We will certainly engage with knife manufacturers and distributors as part of these considerations.