Written Question·Home Office·UIN 119035
Offensive Weapons: Electronic Commerce
Tabled: 9 March 2026
Answered: 17 March 2026
Question
Mark Sewards
Labour — Leeds South West and Morley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the sale of (a) knives, (b) swords, and (c) battle axes on third-party online selling platforms.
Answer
Sarah JonesThe Government has been strengthening controls on the online sales of bladed articles, including knives, swords and axes. We commissioned Commander Stephen Clayman, the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for knife crime, to conduct a review into the onl...
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