Written Question·Home Office·UIN 195930

Offensive Weapons: Regulation

Tabled: 1 September 2023

Answered: 7 September 2023

Named Day

Question

Pat McFadden

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government response to the Consultation on new knife legislation proposals to tackle the use of machetes and other bladed articles in crime, published on 30 August 2023, which (a

Answer

Chris Philp

Between 18 April 2023 and 6 June 2023, the Government ran a consultation on five proposals to tackle knife crime, including a targeted ban on certain types of machetes and knives which appear to be designed to look intimidating, but which have no practica...

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