Question follow-through · 900761

Offensive Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on banning zombie-style knives and ninja swords.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
15 Oct 2024
Target answer date
21 Oct 2024
Answer
21 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on banning zombie-style knives and ninja swords.

  2. 21 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    We have implemented the ban on zombie-style knives and zombie-style machetes approved by Parliament earlier this year. The ban came into force on 24th September.We will also be pressing ahead as soon as possible with a ban on Ninja swords, following the t...

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